Selected Epigrams by Martial

Selected Epigrams (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299301743)

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Selected Epigrams by Martial

Selected Epigrams

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Selected Epigrams by Martial

Selected Epigrams

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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This lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the first century CE. His pithy little poems amuse, but also offer vivid insight into the world of patrons and clients, doctors and lawyers, prostitutes, slaves, and social climbers in ancient Rome. The selections cover nearly a third of Martial's 1,500 or so epigrams, augmented by an introduction by historian Marc Kleijwegt and informative notes on literary allusion and wordplay by translator Susan McLean.

Finalist, Literary Translation Award, PEN Center USA

Author: Martial
ISBN-10: 0299301745
ISBN-13: 9780299301743
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d
Award: Literary Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2014 pg. 64
New York Times Book Review 12/14/2014 pg. 42
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Marcus Valerius Martialis, or Martial (ca. 40-104 CE), made his way to Rome from Iberia (now Spain) and won renown across the Empire for his humorous epigrams. Susan McLean is a professor of English at Southwest Minnesota State University. She won the 2014 Donald Justice Poetry Prize for a collection of her own poems, The Whetstone Misses the Knife, and in 2009 her collection The Best Disguise won the Richard Wilbur Award.

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