| Description |
1 online resource (x, 240 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Martin classical lectures
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Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prologue : in search of Persius -- Performing privately -- Seeking integrity -- Exploring freedom -- Life, death, and art -- Epilogue : from Persius to Juvenal. |
| Summary |
Recognizing Persius is a passionate and in-depth exploration of the libellus--or little book--of six Latin satires left by the Roman satirical writer Persius when he died in AD 62 at the age of twenty-seven. In this comprehensive and reflectively personal book, Kenneth Reckford fleshes out the primary importance of this mysterious and idiosyncratic writer. Reckford emphasizes the dramatic power and excitement of Persius's satires--works that normally would have been recited before a reclining, feasting audience. In highlighting the satires' remarkable honesty, Reckford shows how Persius conver. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Persius -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Persius. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Persius Flaccus, Aulus. Saturae. |
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Satire, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Satire, Latin. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reckford, Kenneth J., 1933- Recognizing Persius. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691141411 (DLC) 2008048717 (OCoLC)276514834 |
| ISBN |
9781400830756 (electronic book) |
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1400830753 (electronic book) |
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9780691141411 |
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069114141X |
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