| The Satires of Horace Contributor(s): Horace (Author), Matthews, William (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1931337004 ISBN-13: 9781931337007 Publisher: Ausable Press OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2002 Annotation: "What is special about Matthews' Horatian "Satires is the immediacy of the idiom, the sense of discovery of the actual moment, the quickness of the turn of the line. . . . Horace's words, in Matthews' hands, become alive, just-written, and immortal again because they are so new."-Stanley Plumly |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 2002066528 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.48" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The poet William Matthews' lively, earthy, humorous translations of Horace's classic work. This is the last work Matthews completed before his death in 1997. Stanley Plumly has commented that Horace's words, in Mattthews' hands, become alive, just-written, and immortal again because the are so new. |