The Satires (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Juvenal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192839454 ISBN 13: 9780192839459

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"Translation captures very well the tone and spirit of the original text. Does better than previous editions in dealing with the original text's disputed passages."--William T. Wehrle, College of William and Mary "Marvelous! Excellent selection, useful and to-the-point notes....The scholarship is excellent, and the series format is very clean, clear, and easy to follow."--Michael W. Thomey, Ithica College "The translations seem both accurate and very accessible to undergraduate students. The notes are particularly good and to the point, telling the sorts of things students ask. This text would be particularly good in a Roman Civilization course, because of Juvenal's social criticism."--Gloria S. Merker, Rutgers Univ. "Translation captures very well the tone and spirit of the original text. Does better than previous editions in dealing with the original text's disputed passages."--William T. Wehrle, College of William and Mary "Marvelous! Excellent selection, useful and to-the-point notes....The scholarship is excellent, and the series format is very clean, clear, and easy to follow."--Michael W. Thomey, Ithica College "The translations seem both accurate and very accessible to undergraduate students. The notes are particularly good and to the point, telling the sorts of things students ask. This text would be particularly good in a Roman Civilization course, because of Juvenal's social criticism."--Gloria S. Merker, Rutgers Univ. "Translation captures very well the tone and spirit of the original text. Does better than previous editions in dealing with the original text's disputed passages."--William T. Wehrle, College of William and Mary "Marvelous! Excellent selection, useful and to-the-point notes....The scholarship is excellent, and the series format is very clean, clear, and easy to follow."--Michael W. Thomey, Ithica College "The translations seem both accurate and very accessible to undergraduate students. The notes are particularly good and to the point, telling the sorts of things students ask. This text would be particularly good in a Roman Civilization course, because of Juvenal's social criticism."--Gloria S. Merker, Rutgers Univ. "Translation captures very well the tone and spirit of the original text. Does better than previous editions in dealing with the original text's disputed passages."--William T. Wehrle, College of William and Mary "Marvelous! Excellent selection, useful and to-the-point notes....The scholarship is excellent, and the series format is very clean, clear, and easy to follow."--Michael W. Thomey, Ithica College "The translations seem both accurate and very accessible to undergraduate students. The notes are particularly good and to the point, telling the sorts of things students ask. This text would be particularly good in a Roman Civilization course, because of Juvenal's social criticism."--Gloria S. Merker, Rutgers Univ.

Synopsis:

This new translation reproduces the original style and metrical effect of Juvenal's hexameters, while the Introduction and Notes provide literary and historical background to the sixteen satires.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192839454
• ISBN 13: 9780192839459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304