Martial

The Unexpected Classic

Bibliographic Data

ID9288233
AuthorsJames P Sullivan (0000-0002-9067-1531, corresponding author), Peter E Knox (corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume115
Issue1
Pages140-140
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Reviewed byMartial: The Unexpected Classic, James P Sullivan, 1994
VenueThe American Journal of Philology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9475 • E-ISSN: 1086-3168
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/295356
OpenAlexW2478384209
Open LibraryOL1866675M
ISBN9780511582639
LanguageEN
Citations received141

This is the first full-length study in English of the Roman poet Martial's life, poetry and politics, as well as of the survival of his fifteen books of epigrams and short poems from his death around AD 104 to the present. The subjects examined include his defence of epigram as an art form, his misogyny and obscenity, his style, wit and humour, and, not least, his imperial propaganda. The concluding part of the work examines his high reputation in the Renaissance and the later censorship and neglect of his work until comparatively recently. All the material is presented for a modern objective assessment of his achievement, without in any way disguising the unpleasant aspects of his genius, and the political and literary pressures on poets in Rome at that period

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Censorship · Genius · Literature · Martial arts · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Reputation · Style (visual arts) · The Renaissance · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture · biography · Criticism and interpretation · Epigrams · Epigrams, Latin · History and criticism · in literature · Latin Epigrams · Latin Poets · Martial · Martial (martialus, marcus valerius) · Poets, Latin · Rome in literature · Theory

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