Martial : the world of the epigram /
In this age of the sound bite, what sort of author could be more relevant than a master of the epigram? Martial, the most influential epigrammatist of classical antiquity, was just such a virtuoso of the form, but despite his pertinence to today's culture, his work has been largely neglected in...
| Основен автор: | Fitzgerald, William, 1952- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260208 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Martial. |
Съдържание:
- Martial and the world of the epigram
- Epigram at Rome
- Strategies of the spectacle
- What is a book of epigrams? (Martial's book 1)
- Juxtaposition : the attraction of opposites
- The society of the book
- Banalization and redemption : Martial's Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister's Martial
- Conclusion.