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Martial : the world of the epigram
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Title
Martial : the world of the epigram / William Fitzgerald.
ISBN
9780226252537 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226252531 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Physical Description
258 p. ; 21 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 20, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and indexes.
Contents
Martial and the world of the epigram
Epigram at Rome
Strategies of the spectacle
What is a book of epigrams? (Martial's book 1)
Juxtaposition : the attraction of opposites
The society of the book
Banalization and redemption : Martial's Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister's Martial
Conclusion.
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