Free Download Kenneth J. Reckford, "Recognizing Persius"
English | 2009 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 069114141X | EPUB | 0,4 mb
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 converted Roman satire into a vehicle of self-exploration and self-challenge that remains relevant to readers today.
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