Juvenal: Satires Book I
Juvenal: Satires Book I
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USDThis volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. In the Introduction Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the "grand style." The Commentary illuminates the content and style of Satires 1-5. The essays on each of the poems together with the overview of Book I in the Introduction present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure.
- Provides a detailed commentary of a thoroughness and sophistication of critical approach not otherwise available
- Includes the notorious second Satire traditionally thought unfit for young people to study
- Presents an integrated reading Satires 1–5 as an organic structure
Reviews & endorsements
"Braund's contributions to the periodical literature have added substantially to contemporary understanding of Roman satire in general. Stimulating and witty, this edition should prompt new editions of Juvenal's other satires....Highly recommended for students of Latin Poetry at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." E.R. Mix, Choice
"...Braund succeeds in selecting and matching material well with the intended audience." Religious Studies Review
"...a welcome addition to the Cambridge series of texts and commentaries and should find a ready audience among students and teachers....provides a usefull introduction and a detailed commentary..." International Journal of the Classical Tradition
Product details
March 1996Paperback
9780521356671
332 pages
186 × 123 × 23 mm
0.36kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Juvenal and satire
- 2. The genre of Roman verse satire
- 3. The origins of Roman satire
- 4. Juvenal's predecessors
- 5. Juvenal's life
- 6. The characteristics of Juvenal's satire
- 7. Juvenal's style
- 8. Juvenal's metre
- 9. An overview of Book I
- 10. Juvenal and his influence from antiquity to the present
- 11. Text and manuscripts
- D. IVNII IVVENALIS SATVRAE LIBER PRIMVS
- Commentary
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography.
