Horace:SatiresBookI(CambridgeGreekandLatinClassics)

作者 Horace著
出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
出版时间 2012年2月
ISBN 9780521458511
定价 286.60

内容简介

Horace'sfirstbookofSatiresishisdebutwork,adocumentofoneman'sself-fashioningonthecuspbetweenrepublicandempire,andapivotaltextinthehistoryofRomansatire.Itwrestleswiththeproblemofhowtodefineandassimilatesatireandjustifiesthepoet'sownpositioninasuspicioussociety.Thecommentarygivesfullweighttothedensetextureofthesepoemswhilehelpingreadersinterprettheirmostcrypticaspectsandappreciatetheirtechnicalfinesse.TheintroductionputsHoraceincontextaslate-Republicannewcomerandavitalfigureinthedevelopmentofsatire,anddiscussesthestructureandmeaningofSatiresI,literaryandphilosophicalinfluences,style,metre,transmissionandHorace'srichafterlife.Eachpoemisfollowedbyanessayofferingoverallinterpretation.Thisworkisdesignedforupper-levelstudentsandscholarsofclassicsbutcontainsmuchofinteresttospecialistsinlaterEuropeanliterature.

作者简介

E.J.GowersisSeniorLecturerinClassics,UniversityofCambridgeandFellowofStJohn'sCollege,Cambridge.Herfirstbook,TheLoadedTable(1993),abouttherepresentationoffoodinLatinliterature,wonthePremioLangheCerettoin1994.WithWilliamFitzgerald,sheco-editedEnniusPerennis(CambridgeClassicalJournalsupplementaryvolume31,2007),towhichshecontributedachapterandtheintroduction.ShehaswrittennumerousarticlesonRomansatireandhasalsopublishedwidelyonotheraspectsofLatinliteratureandculture,includingApuleius,Columella,Ovid,Terence,ValeriusMaximus,Virgil,Romanfood,trees,Sicily,theEmperorAugustusandtheCloacaMaxima.SheregularlyreviewsbooksfortheTimesLiterarySupplementandotherjournals.

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