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These delightful poems—by turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgar—seem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt’s imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings to this little-known body of verse a fresh voice, vividly capturing the tone and style of the originals while conveying a lively sense of fun.
Price: $24.95
Pages: 88
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
13 July 2011
Trim Size: 8.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520267657
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
“An atypical Virgil writing humorous, obscene, parodic, and very slight poems, uncharacteristic to such an extent that scholarship has pretty definitely consigned them to the realm of forgery and misattribution.”
David R. Slavitt has been lauded for his translations of Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes, as well as Propertius in Love and De Rerum Natura, both from UC Press.
Foreword by Gordon Williams
Introduction
The Gnat
The Barmaid
Curses
Lydia
Priapus Poems
Pesto (Moretum)
The Good Man
Yes and No
Budding Roses
Introduction
The Gnat
The Barmaid
Curses
Lydia
Priapus Poems
Pesto (Moretum)
The Good Man
Yes and No
Budding Roses