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Martial, the unexpected classic : a literary and historical study / J.P. Sullivan.
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- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, J. P. (John Patrick)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--In literature.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Martial. Epigrammata.
- Martial.
- Epigrams, Latin--History and criticism.
- Epigrams, Latin.
- Poets, Latin--Biography.
- Poets, Latin.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 388 pages) : maps
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This is the first full-length study in English of the Roman poet Martial's life, poetry and politics, as well as of the survival of his fifteen books of epigrams and short poems from his death around AD 104 to the present. The subjects examined include his defence of epigram as an art form, his misogyny and obscenity, his style, wit and humour, and, not least, his imperial propaganda. The concluding part of the work examines his high reputation in the Renaissance and the later censorship and neglect of his work until comparatively recently. All the material is presented for a modern objective assessment of his achievement, without in any way disguising the unpleasant aspects of his genius, and the political and literary pressures on poets in Rome at that period.
- Contents:
- Martial's life and times
- Martial's Apologia pro opere suo
- The epigram tradition: Martial's Greek and Latin models
- The coherence of Martial's themes
- Martial's sexual attitudes
- Humanity and humour imagery and wit
- Survival and revival
- Appendix 1. Chronology
- Appendix 2. Martial and the Greek epigram.
- Notes:
- "Based on the J.H. Gray Lectures delivered at Cambridge University ... in 1978"--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-353) and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sullivan, J.P. (John Patrick). Martial, the unexpected classic.
- ISBN:
- 9780511582639
- 0511582633
- Publisher Number:
- 99979401029
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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