Martial [electronic resource] : the world of the epigram /

Fitzgerald, William, 1952-

Martial the world of the epigram / [electronic resource] : William Fitzgerald. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - 258 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and indexes.

Martial and the world of the epigram -- Epigram at Rome -- Strategies of the spectacle -- What is a book of epigrams? (Martial's book 1) -- Juxtaposition : the attraction of opposites -- The society of the book -- Banalization and redemption : Martial's Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister's Martial -- Conclusion.


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Martial. Epigrammata.


Epigrams, Latin--History and criticism.
Books and reading--Rome.


Electronic books.

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