| Mayor's Juvenal (Two Volume Slipcased Set) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Mayor, J. E. B. (Editor), Henderson, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1904675700 ISBN-13: 9781904675709 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $190.58 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2007 Annotation: This final edition of Mayor's Juvenal, issued here in two hardback volumes (available separately or as a slipcased set), should be an essential part of all professional Latinists' reference libraries. Mayor's commentary is comprehensive on details of life and thought in imperial Rome and on Latin diction. His long introduction, or 'advertisement, ' sets an explosively volatile tone and his whole work reflects his passionate desire to save the modern world through classical wisdom. Volume I consists of Mayor's original introduction, John Henderson's new introduction and bibliography, the Latin text of Juvenal's Satires and Mayor's commentary on Satires I-VII. Volume II contains Mayor's commentary on Satires VIII-XVI. Henderson's introduction, geared to the needs of serious user and occasional browser alike, guides the reader in the use of Mayor's commentary and explains its gestation and the mode of thinking it sought to incarnate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - History | Ancient - General - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 2008371100 |
| Series: Bristol Phoenix Press: Classic Editions |
| Physical Information: 2.87" H x 5.99" W x 9.17" (3.81 lbs) 1152 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This final edition of Mayor's Juvenal, issued here in two hardback volumes (available separately or as a slip-cased set), should be an essential part of all professional Latinists' reference libraries. Mayor's commentary is comprehensive on details of life and thought in imperial Rome and on Latin diction. His long introduction, or 'advertisement' sets an explosively volatile tone and his whole work reflects his passionate desire to save the modern world through classical wisdom. |