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845079
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Reckford, Kenneth J.,1933-
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| Title & Author
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Recognizing Persius /\ Kenneth J. Reckford.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Martin classical lectures
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 240 pages)
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| ISBN
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1283163640
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: 1400830753
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: 6613163643
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: 9781283163644
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: 9781400830756
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: 9786613163646
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069114141X
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9780691141411
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Prologue : in search of Persius -- Performing privately -- Seeking integrity -- Exploring freedom -- Life, death, and art -- Epilogue : from Persius to Juvenal.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Persius-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Persius-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Persius.
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Persius Flaccus, Aulus., Saturae.
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Satire, Latin-- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Ancient Classical.
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POETRY-- Ancient, Classical Medieval.
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Satire, Latin.
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| Dewey Classification
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871/.01
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| LC Classification
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PA6556.R43 2009eb
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