The Satyricon (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Description
The Satyricon is the most celebrated prose work to have survived from the ancient world. It can be described as the first realistic novel, the father of the picaresque genre. It recounts the sleazy progress of a pair of literate scholars as they wander through the cities of the southern
Mediterranean in the age of Nero, encountering en route type-figures whom the author wishes to satirize. P.G. Walsh captures the spirit of the original in this new and lively translation. His introduction and detailed notes provide the reader with a comprehensive guide to the meanings and intentions
of the story and the later history of its literary influence.
Language Notes
Text: English
Original Language: Latin
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The Satyricon (Oxford World's Classics),Petronius,P. G. Walsh,Oxford University Press, USA,0192839527,Ancient and Classical,Classics,Fiction - General,Historical - General,Latin Literature,Literary Criticism,Literature: Classics,19th century fiction,Ancient Rome,Classical Studies | Classical Literature in Translation,Fiction / Classics,Latin,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval,Other prose: classical, early & medieval
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