Horace Satires A Selection

Author : John Godwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350000377

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Horace Satires: A Selection by John Godwin Pdf

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Horace's Satires, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Satires 1.1 lines 1–12, 28–100; 1.3 lines 25–75; and 2.2 lines 1–30, 70–111. A detailed introduction places the poems in their Roman literary context. 'Telling the truth with a smile' is the way Horace describes his approach to satire in this, his first published poetry. The poems in this collection discuss universal ideas of how we should live our lives simply with regard to money, ambition, food and friendship and how to live contented with what nature provides rather than always yearning for more. The poet does this in a manner which is light but not flippant, always entertaining and powerfully moving at the same time. Resources are available on the Companion Website www.bloomsbury.com/ocr-editions-2019-2021

Author : John Godwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501349911

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Selections from Horace Satires by John Godwin Pdf

This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Horace's Satires. Satire 1.1 lines 1–12, 28–100, Satire 1.3 lines 25–75 and Satire 2.2 lines 1–30, 70–111 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately limited number of poems, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest of Horace's other work and inspiring further study of it. A detailed introduction explains points of historical and stylistic interest. 'Telling the truth with a smile' is the way Horace describes his approach to satire in this, his first published poetry. The poems in this collection discuss universal ideas of how we should live our lives simply with regard to money, ambition, food and friendship and how to live contented with what nature provides rather than always yearning for more. The poet does this in a manner which is light but not flippant, always entertaining and powerfully moving at the same time.

Author : Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600087703

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Select Satires of Horace, ed. by J.I. Beare by Quintus Horatius Flaccus Pdf

Author : Horace,Ronnie Ancona
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015054450054

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Horace by Horace,Ronnie Ancona Pdf

-- Introduction on Horace and his times -- Latin text of poems -- Line-by-line notes, same page and facing vocabulary -- Description of all the meters used in the poems -- Figures of speech defined, with examples from the poems -- Extensive bibliography, including the latest in scholarship on Horace

Author : Horace
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781400884117

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The Complete Odes and Satires of Horace by Horace Pdf

Horace has long been revered as the supreme lyric poet of the Augustan Age. In his perceptive introduction to this translation of Horace's Odes and Satires, Sidney Alexander engagingly spells out how the poet expresses values and traditions that remain unchanged in the deepest strata of Italian character two thousand years later. Horace shares with Italians of today a distinctive delight in the senses, a fundamental irony, a passion for seizing the moment, and a view of religion as aesthetic experience rather than mystical exaltation--in many ways, as Alexander puts it, Horace is the quintessential Italian. The voice we hear in this graceful and carefully annotated translation is thus one that emerges with clarity and dignity from the heart of an unchanging Latin culture. Alexander is an accomplished poet, novelist, biographer, and translator who has lived in Italy for more than thirty years. Translating a poet of such variety and vitality as Horace calls on all his literary abilities. Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 bce), was born the son of a freed slave in southern rural Italy and rose to become one of the most celebrated poets in Rome and a confidante of the most powerful figures of the age, including Augustus Caesar. His poetry ranges over politics, the arts, religion, nature, philosophy, and love, reflecting both his intimacy with the high affairs of the Roman Empire and his love of a simple life in the Italian countryside. Alexander translates the diverse poems of the youthful Satires and the more mature Odes with freshness, accuracy, and charm, avoiding affectations of archaism or modernism. He responds to the challenge of rendering the complexities of Latin verse in English with literary sensitivity and a fine ear for the subtleties of poetic rhythm in both languages. This is a major translation of one of the greatest of classical poets by an acknowledged master of his craft.

Author : Horace,Persius
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780140455083

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Satires and Epistles of Horace and Satires of Persius by Horace,Persius Pdf

The Satires of Horace (65–8 BC), written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus’ regime, provide an amusing treatment of men’s perennial enslavement to money, power, glory and sex. Epistles I, addressed to the poet’s friends, deals with the problem of achieving contentment amid the complexities of urban life, while Epistles II and the Ars Poetica discuss Latin poetry – its history and social functions, and the craft required for its success. Both works have had a powerful influence on later Western literature, inspiring poets from Ben Jonson and Alexander Pope to W. H. Auden and Robert Frost. The Satires of Persius (AD 34–62) are highly idiosyncratic, containing a courageous attack on the poetry and morals of his wealthy contemporaries – even the ruling emperor, Nero.

Author : Ronnie Ancona
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781610411660

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Horace by Ronnie Ancona Pdf

Student Text: Latin text of all AP poems Line-by-line notes, same page and facing vocabulary Description of all the meters used in the poems Figures of speech defined, with examples from the poems Extensive bibliography, including the latest in scholarship on Horace Teacher's Guide: Latin text in large, reproducible format Literal translation Sample tests Extensive, up-to-date bibliography.

Author : John I. Beare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0649494229

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Select Satires of Horace by John I. Beare Pdf

Author : Horace,,Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780199563289

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Satires and Epistles by Horace,,Quintus Horatius Flaccus Pdf

Exuberantly mocking the vices and pretensions of his Roman contemporaries, Horace's Satires are stuffed full of comic vignettes, moral insights, and his pervasive humanity. Boasting famous episodes such as the fable of the town mouse and the country mouse and the grotesque dinner party given by the nouveau-riche Nasidienus, these poems influenced not only contemporaries such as Juvenal, but also English satirists from Ben Jonson to W. H. Auden. In the Epistles, Horace used the form of letters to explore questions of philosophy and how to live a good life. Perhaps the best-known epistle, "The Art of Poetry" (Ars poetica), still influences the work of writers today. These new prose translations by John Davie perfectly capture the lively, scurrilous, and frequently hilarious style of the satires, and the warm and engaging persona of the more meditative epistles. Robert Cowan's introduction and notes take account of the latest scholarship, placing Horace's poems within the development of Roman satire, and exploring the themes of philosophy, morality, sex and gender, literary criticism, politics, and patronage. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Horace
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780812207699

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The Satires of Horace by Horace Pdf

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. 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.

Author : Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1358220298

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Select Satires of Horace, Ed. by J.I. Beare by Quintus Horatius Flaccus Pdf

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Author : Horace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015008635966

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Horace by Horace Pdf

Author : Horace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Epistolary poetry, Latin
ISBN : BL:A0024358915

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The Satires and Epistles of Horace by Horace Pdf

Author : Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1116104643

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The Satires of Horace by Quintus Horatius Flaccus Pdf

Author : Horace
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Epistolary poetry, Latin
ISBN : 0393090930

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Horace's Satires and Epistles by Horace Pdf

Horace today is perhaps best remembered as the lyric poet of the Odes, as consequently as the inventor of the form named the Horatian Ode after him. But his achievement is more various than the Odes and Epodes suggest.