Juvenal: Satires Book I

Klappentext This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. Zusammenfassung This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. Susanna Morton Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the 'grand style'. The essays on each poem present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Juvenal and satire; 2. The genre of Roman verse satire; 3. The origins of Roman satire; 4. Juvenal's predecessors; 5. Juvenal's life; 6. The characteristics of Juvenal's satire; 7. Juvenal's style; 8. Juvenal's metre; 9. An overview of Book I; 10. Juvenal and his influence from antiquity to the present; 11. Text and manuscripts; D. IVNII IVVENALIS SATVRAE LIBER PRIMVS; Commentary; Abbreviations; Bibliography.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Juvenal
• Collaboration: Professor Susanna Morton Braund (Editeur), Susanna Morton Braund (Editeur), P. E. Easterling (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 07.03.1996
• EAN: 9780521356671
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35667-1
• Pages: 332
• Thèmes: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays