Satires

Satires

by Juvenal

Type Book
Rate 0.0 /5

Juvenal's fourth book of Satires consists of three poems which are all concerned with contentment in various forms. The poet adopts a more resigned and philosophical tone, unlike the brash anger of the earlier books. These poems use enormous humour and wit to puncture the pretensions of the foolish and the wicked, urging an acceptance of our lives and a more positive stance towards life and death by mockery of the pompous and comic description of the rich and famous. In Satire 10 Juvenal examin…

Read More ↓
Details
Files
Reviews
Download

Title Statements

  • Full title :Satires. / Juvenal ; edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by John Godwin.

Summary

Juvenal's fourth book of Satires consists of three poems which are all concerned with contentment in various forms. The poet adopts a more resigned and philosophical tone, unlike the brash anger of the earlier books. These poems use enormous humour and wit to puncture the pretensions of the foolish and the wicked, urging an acceptance of our lives and a more positive stance towards life and death by mockery of the pompous and comic description of the rich and famous. In Satire 10 Juvenal examines the human desire to be rich, famous, attractive and powerful and dismisses all these goals as not.

Read More ↓

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Oxbow books
  • Place of Publication:Havertown, PA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781910572344, 1910572349
  • oclc:on1155233516
  • LC Classification:PA6447
  • Dewey Decimal:871/.01

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Juvenal Satires -- Satire 10 -- Satire 11 -- Satire 12 -- Commentaries -- Satire 10 -- Satire 11 -- Satire 12 -- Bibliography -- Index

Read More ↓

Subjects

Translations Verse satire, Latin Verse satire, Latin -- Translations int…

Writers

Juvenal Godwin, John Juvenal

More from this Series

Rate & Review

0.0/5
(0 people Voted)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.

Files & Downloads

  • Juvenal Satires: Book IV -- (.pdf)

    PDF · 2.3 MB · updated
    Login →