The Satyrica of Petronius, 50: An Intermediate Reader with Commentary and Guided

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Book Title
The Satyrica of Petronius, 50: An Intermediate Reader with Commen
Publication Date
2014-05-27
Pages
332
ISBN
9780806144382
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
0806144386
ISBN-13
9780806144382
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176152827

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
332 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Satyrica of Petronius : an Intermediate Reader with Commentary and Guided Review
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Classics, Latin, General, European / Italian
Type
Language Course
Author
Beth Severy-HOVEN
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Drama, Fiction
Series
Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
50
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
Winner of the Ladislaus J. Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award, Classical Association of the Middle West and South's (CAMWS). A comic masterpiece of classical antiquity, the Satyrica (or Satyricon ) of Petronius is a tantalizing work of fiction--part poetry, part prose, hilariously vulgar, exquisitely elegant, its original form and length as much a matter of speculation as the identity of its author. Its brilliance and enduring influence are, however, beyond dispute. The romantic misadventures, fabulous feasts, and ribald foibles of Encolpius ("crotch" in Greek) and his cohorts have been endlessly translated, copied, censored, and celebrated through the ages. In The Satyrica of Petronius , Beth Severy-Hoven makes the masterpiece, with its flights of language and vision of Roman culture around the time of Nero, accessible to a new generation of students of Latin. Following a fascinating introduction of the text, its history, its language, and its structure, Severy-Hoven offers expert guidance for reading sections of the novel in the original Latin. Readers are given the tools to consider and analyze the narrative structure of the work, an immense and uninterrupted first-person account by an unreliable narrator. Severy-Hoven also explores the contexts in which the text was written--addressing the social and cultural world the novel inhabits and includes. Finally, she helps readers to examine Petronius' use of Latin, focusing most notably on the combination of elegant prose and verse and raunchy colloquial speech, a combination that gives color to Petronius' characters even as he parodies different literary styles and genres. Intermediate readers of Latin will encounter Roman life, language, and literature in this work in ways at once new and familiar, and in forms as entertaining as they are instructive., In The Satyrica of Petronius , Beth Severy-Hoven makes the masterpiece, with its flights of language and vision of Roman culture around the time of Nero, accessible to a new generation of students of Latin.
LC Classification Number
PA6558.A2 2014

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