The Satires (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition)
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Vydavatel: | OUP References |
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Publikováno: | 2008 |
Formát: | paperback 304 stran |
Anotace
Juvenal, writing between AD 110 and 130, was one of the greatest
satirists of Imperial Rome. His powerful and witty attacks on the
vices, abuses, and follies of the big city have been admired and
used by many English writers, including Ben Jonson, Dryden, and
most notably, Dr Johnson, who described his writing as `a mixture
of gaiety and statelines, of pointed sentences and declamatory
grandeur'. Juvenal has been seen as a stern moralist and, more
recently, as an extravagant wit, and is acclaimed for his vivid
description of the scenes which aroused his anger. He coined the
famous phrase designating people `eager and anxious for two things;
bread and races' (panem et circenses'). Niall Rudd's translation
reproduces the original style and metrical effect of Juvenal's
hexameters. William Barr's Introduction and Notes provide literary
and historical background to the sixteen satires. ABOUT THE SERIES:
For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the
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classics, English literature.
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