Horace: Satires Book I

Informationen zum Autor E. J. Gowers is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Her first book, The Loaded Table (1993), about the representation of food in Latin literature, won the Premio Langhe Ceretto in 1994. With William Fitzgerald, she co-edited Ennius Perennis (Cambridge Classical Journal supplementary volume 31, 2007), to which she contributed a chapter and the introduction. She has written numerous articles on Roman satire and has also published widely on other aspects of Latin literature and culture, including Apuleius, Columella, Ovid, Terence, Valerius Maximus, Virgil, Roman food, trees, Sicily, the Emperor Augustus and the Cloaca Maxima. She regularly reviews books for the Times Literary Supplement and other journals. Klappentext Helps readers to translate and interpret Horace's first book of Satires in the light of recent scholarship. Zusammenfassung Major new commentary on Horace's debut work! in which he wrestles with the problem of how to define and assimilate satire. Designed primarily for upper-level university students of classics! providing help with grammar and syntax as well as literary! historical and sociological aspects of the text. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Text; Commentary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Horace
• Con la collaborazione di: E. J. Gowers (Editore), Emily Gowers (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.01.2012
• EAN: 9780521452205
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45220-5
• Pagine: 384
• Serie: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; POETRY / General, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval