{"product_id":"the-satires-of-horace-paperback-softback-9780812222098","title":"The Satires of Horace (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812222098","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Satires of Horace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHorace (Author), A. M. Juster (Translated by), Susanna Braund (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812222098\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.252 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This translation is highly enjoyable, giving a Latinless reader a vivid impression of these self-conscious poems.\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e) \"The best edition available of the 'Satires' in English. . . . Highly recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e) \"A delight to read-full of fiendishly clever rhymes that the old master of dactylic hexameter himself would have relished.\" (Anthony Esolen, Providence College)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e A. M. Juster's striking new translation relies on the tools and spirit of the English light verse tradition while taking care to render the original text as accurately as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction by Susanna Braund\u003cbr\u003e Book I\u003cbr\u003e Satire 1\u003cbr\u003e Satire 2\u003cbr\u003e Satire 3\u003cbr\u003e Satire 4\u003cbr\u003e Satire 5\u003cbr\u003e Satire 6\u003cbr\u003e Satire 7\u003cbr\u003e Satire 8\u003cbr\u003e Satire 9\u003cbr\u003e Satire 10\u003cbr\u003e Book II\u003cbr\u003e Satire 1\u003cbr\u003e Satire 2\u003cbr\u003e Satire 3\u003cbr\u003e Satire 4\u003cbr\u003e Satire 5\u003cbr\u003e Satire 6\u003cbr\u003e Satire 7\u003cbr\u003e Satire 8\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555687887128,"sku":"9780812222098","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-satires-of-horace-paperback-softback-9780812222098","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}