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PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press

ISBN-100806144386

ISBN-139780806144382

eBay Product ID (ePID)176152827

Product Key Features

Number of Pages332 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSatyrica of Petronius : an Intermediate Reader with Commentary and Guided Review

Publication Year2014

SubjectClassics, Latin, General, European / Italian

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorBeth Severy-HOVEN

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Drama, Fiction

SeriesOklahoma Series in Classical Culture Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight18.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number50

IllustratedYes

SynopsisWinner 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 NumberPA6558.A2 2014