Juvenal Satires: Book IV (Aris and Phillips Classical Texts)

Synopsis

Juvenal's Fourth Book Of Satires Consists Of Three Poems Which Are All Concerned With Contentment In Various Forms. These Poems Use Enormous Humour And Wit To Puncture The Pretensions Of The Foolish And The Wicked, Urging An Acceptance Of Our Lives And A More Positive Stance Towards Life And Death By Mockery Of The Pompous And Comic Description Of The Rich And Famous. The Introduction Places Juvenal In The History Of Satire And Also Explores The Style Of The Poems As Well As The Degree To Which They Can Be Read As In Any Sense Documents Of Real Life. The Text Is Accompanied By A Literal English Translation And The Commentary Is Keyed To Important Words In The Translation And Aims To Be Accessible To Readers With Little Or No Latin. It Seeks To Explain Both The Factual Background To The Poems And Also The Literary Qualities Which Make This Poetry Exciting And Moving To A Modern Audience. Juvenal Satires -- Satire 10 -- Satire 11 -- Satire 12 -- Commentaries -- Satire 10 -- Satire 11 -- Satire 12. Juvenal ; Edited With An Introduction, Translation & Commentary By John Godwin. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 208-214) And Index. Parallel Texts In Latin And English ; Introduction & Commentary In English.