Martial The Unexpected Classic |
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| Author:
| Sullivan, J. P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-26458-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1991 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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A full-length study of the Roman poet's life, times, art and the survival of his poetry up to the twentieth century. All aspects of Martial's epigrams are discussed and there is an evaluation of his poetic merits and faults, plus a history of his European admirers, translators, critics, and censors from the Renaissance to the present. All the Latin is translated.
A full-length study of the Roman poet's life, times, art and the survival of his poetry up to the twentieth century. All aspects of Martial's epigrams are discussed and there is an evaluation of his poetic merits and faults, plus a history of his European admirers, translators, critics, and censors from the Renaissance to the present. All the Latin is translated.