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    612-822-4611

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Martial's Epigrams: A Selection

Martial's Epigrams: A Selection

Wills, Garry

Paperback

HumorFiction AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0143116274
ISBN13: 9780143116271
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Oct 1 2009
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.59 Width: 4.76 Depth: 7.34
Language: English
One of literature's greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial's short and shapely thrusts. Martial's Epigrams bespeaks a great scholar at play (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift.

Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.

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