Satire
About this book
The Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known in English as Horace, was also the most famous lyric poet of his age. Written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus's regime, his Satires provide trenchant social commentary on men's perennial enslavement to money, power, fame, and sex. Not as frequently translated as his Odes, in recent decades the Satires have been rendered into prose or bland verse. Horace continues to influence modern lyric poetry, and our greatest poets continue to translate and marvel at his command of formal style, his economy of expression, his variety, and his mature humanism. Horace's comic genius has also had a profound influence on the Western literary tradition through such authors as Swift, Pope, and Boileau, but interest in the Satires has dwindled due to the difficulty of capturing Horace's wit and formality with the techniques of contemporary free verse. -- Publisher description.
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3.8/5 · 1 pembaca · 329 halaman · ≈ 6 h 06 m · Sangat menantang
Berapa lama waktu membaca Satirae?
Sekitar ≈ 6 h 06 m — 329 halaman, dengan asumsi kira-kira 250 kata per halaman pada 225 kata per menit.
Berapa halaman Satirae?
329 halaman pada edisi yang paling banyak dibaca.
Apa genre Satirae?
Buku ini ada di rak Poetry, Biography & Memoir.
Apakah Satirae domain publik?
Ya — bebas dibaca dan dibagikan.
Siapa tokoh utama dalam Satirae?
Tokoh utamanya termasuk Horace.
Di mana latar Satirae?
Berlatar di Rome.
Siapa penulis Satirae?
Horace.
Di mana bisa membaca Satirae secara gratis online?
Buku ini domain publik — baca gratis di Open Library. Open Library