Selected Satires of Lucian - Brossura

Lucian, Of Samosata; Casson, Lionel

 
9780393004434: Selected Satires of Lucian
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ISBN 10: 0393004430 ISBN 13: 9780393004434
Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1968

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Lucian, born in Syria in the second century C.E., came to Greece at an early age and mastered its language and literature. He took up law, left it for public speaking, then turned to full-time writing, producing the wide range of subject matter and literary form which is represented in this collection.A master of the vivid scene, Lucian used his pungent style to ridicule the tyrants, prophets, waning gods, and hypocrite philosophers of his own day and the centuries preceding him. His most typical genre is a parody of a Platonic dialogue, but he also excelled in straight narrative, as in the elaborate spoof "A True Story" and the old folk tale outrageously retold, "Lucius, the Ass." His skeptical mind and imaginative irony have influenced generations of artists and writers, and now in Professor Casson's new translations can be freshly enjoyed today.

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Editore
W W Norton & Co Inc
Data di pubblicazione
1968
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0393004430
ISBN 13 
9780393004434
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
382
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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ISBN 10:  1138532371 ISBN 13:  9781138532373
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2017
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