The satires

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juvenal, Author.

Contributor:

Barr, William, Contributor.

Rudd, Niall, Contributor.

Series:

Oxford world's classics.

Oxford world's classics The satires

Standardized Title:

Works. English. 1992

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenal--Translations into English.

Juvenal.

Verse satire, Latin--Translations into English.

Verse satire, Latin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxviii, 250 p.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Juvenal, writing between AD 110 and 130, was one of the greatest satirists of Imperial Rome. His powerful and witty attacks on the vices, abuses, and follies of the big city have been admired and used by many English writers, including Ben Jonson, Dryden, and most notably, Dr Johnson, who described his writing as `a mixture of gaiety and statelines, of pointed sentences and declamatory grandeur'. Juvenal has been seen as a stern moralist and, more recently, as an extravagant wit, and is acclaimed for his vivid description of the scenes which aroused his anger. He coined the famous phrase designating people `eager and anxious for two things; bread and races' (panem et circenses'). Niall Rudd's translation reproduces the original style and metrical effect of Juvenal's hexameters. William Barr's Introduction and Notes provide literary and historical background to the sixteen satires. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Translator's Preface

Select Bibliography

List of Dates

THE SATIRES

1 Why Write Satire?

2 Hypocritical Perverts

3 The Evils of the Big City

4 The Emperor's Fish

5 A Tyrannical Host

6 Roman Wives

7 The Plight of Intellectuals

8 True Nobility

9 The Woes of a Gigolo

10 The Futility of Aspirations

11 A Simple Life-style

12 Welcome to a Survivor

13 A Consolation

14 The Influence of Vicious Parents

15 A Case of Cannibalism

16 The Advantages of Army Life

Explanatory Notes

Index of Names.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-156194-0

0-19-181947-6

OCLC:

958574156