Martial: The World of the Epigram.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - eine kleine Anhaftung auf dem Cover (Schutzumschlag), ein Kratzer auf Kopfschnitt, sonst sehr guter Zustand, beiliegend ist au�rdem eine Rezension des Buches aus TLS / a small adhesion on the cover (dust jacket), a scratch on top edge, otherwise very good condition, also enclosed is a review of the book from TLS. - In this age of the sound bite, what author could be more relevant than the master of the epigram? Surprisingly, Martial, the most influential epigrammatist of classical antiquity, has been largely neglected in contemporary scholarship. Arguing that Martial is a major author who deserves more sustained attention, William Fitzgerald provides an insightful tour of his works, shedding new and much-needed light on the Roman poet�s world�and how it might speak to our own. Writing in the late first century ad�by which time the epigram was firmly embedded in the social life of the Roman elite�Martial published his poems in a series of books that he claimed were widely read and enjoyed. Exploring what it means to read such a collection of epigrams, Fitzgerald examines the paradoxical relationship between the self-enclosed epigram and the book of poems that is more than the sum of its parts. And he goes on to show how Martial, by imagining these books being displayed in shops and shipped across the empire to admiring readers, prophetically behaved like a modern author. Chock-full of epigrams itself�in both Latin and English versions�Fitzgerald�s study will delight classicists, literary scholars, and anyone who appreciates an ingenious witticism. ISBN 9780226252537