Horace Satires Book I [Hardcover]

Helps readers to translate and interpret Horace's first book of Satires in the light of recent scholarship.Major new commentary on Horace's debut work, in which he wrestles with the problem of how to define and assimilate satire. Designed primarily for upper-level university students of classics, providing help with grammar and syntax as well as literary, historical and sociological aspects of the text.Major new commentary on Horace's debut work, in which he wrestles with the problem of how to define and assimilate satire. Designed primarily for upper-level university students of classics, providing help with grammar and syntax as well as literary, historical and sociological aspects of the text.Horace's first book of Satires is his debut work, a document of one man's self-fashioning on the cusp between Republic and Empire and a pivotal text in the history of Roman satire. It wrestles with the problem of how to define and assimilate satire and justifies the poet's own position in a suspicious society. The commentary gives full weight to the dense texture of these poems while helping readers interpret their most cryptic aspects and appreciate their technical finesse. The introduction puts Horace in context as late-Republican newcomer and a vital figure in the development of satire and discusses the structure and meaning of Satires I, literary and philosophical influences, style, metre, transmission and Horace's rich afterlife. Each poem is followed by an essay offering overall interpretation. This work is designed for upper-level students and scholars of classics but contains much of interest to specialists in later European literature.Introduction; Text; Commentary. Gowers is a brilliant critic & Any sentence chosen at random would illustrate her critical perceptiveness and penetration, and the deftness, liveliness and sheer interest to be found in the way she writes.
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