| Juvenal: Satires Book I Contributor(s): Juvenal (Author), Braund, Susanna Morton (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521356679 ISBN-13: 9780521356671 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. In the Introduction Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the "grand style." The Commentary illuminates the content and style of Satires 1-5. The essays on each of the poems together with the overview of Book I in the Introduction present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 95011014 |
| Series: Satires |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 4.83" W x 7.32" (0.79 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. In the Introduction Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the grand style. The Commentary illuminates the content and style of Satires 1-5. The essays on each of the poems together with the overview of Book I in the Introduction present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure. |