Description: Further DetailsTitle: SatiresCondition: NewEAN: 9781603848442ISBN: 9781603848442Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/15/2012Description: The Satires of Horace offer a hodgepodge of genres and styles: philosophy and bawdry; fantastic tales and novelistic vignettes; portraits of the poet, his contemporaries, and his predecessors; jibes, dialogue, travelogue, rants, and recipes; and poetic effects in a variety of modes. For all their apparent lightheartedness, however, the poems both illuminate and bear the marks of a momentous event in world history, one in which Horace himself played an active role--the death of the Roman Republic and the birth of the Principate. John Svarlien's lively blank-verse translation reflects the wide range of styles and tones deployed throughout Horace's eighteen sermons or conversations, deftly reproducing their distinctive humor while tracking the poet's changing mannerisms and moods. David Mankin's Introduction offers a brief account of the political upheavals in which Horace participated as well as the social setting in which his Satires were produced, and points up hallmarks of the poet's distinctive brand of satire. His detailed commentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at Roman society and an often between-the-lines examination of a key work of one of Rome's sharpest observers.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 256gTranslator: John SvarlienContributor: David Mankin (Introduction by), John Svarlien (Translated by)Genre: Poetry & DramaAuthor: HoraceRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Satires
Title: Satires
EAN: 9781603848442
ISBN: 9781603848442
Release Date: 09/15/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: John Svarlien
Contributor: John Svarlien (Translated by)
Book Title: Satires
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2012
Topic: Caribbean & Latin American, Ancient & Classical
Item Height: 5.5 in
Genre: Poetry, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Horace
Book Series: Hackett Classics Ser.
Item Width: 0.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
