The satires of Juvenal : a verse translation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Juvenal.
Uniform title:	Works. English & Latin. 2010
Imprint:	Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (456 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Juvenal -- Translations into English. Juvenal. Verse satire, Latin -- Translations into English. Verse satire, Latin. Rome -- Poetry. Rome (Empire) Electronic books. Poetry. Translations.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11159745

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Other authors / contributors:	Kelk, Christopher.
ISBN:	9780773418578 0773418571
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	This is a rhyming-couplet translation of Juvenal's sixteen Satires, written in iambic pentameters. While remaining faithful to the original, it brings the work of the first-century Roman poet to the attention of a contemporary audience. Though subject to the strictures of such a poetic form, it is an accurate rendering while at the same time keeping the mordant and sardonic tone of the original. It is accepted that classical texts need a new inspection every so often and this is an attempt to make Juvenal appeal to a contemporary readership. While it may well find a niche among professional cl.
Other form:	Print version: 9780773414259

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