Petronius: A Handbook
Book Details
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405156872
ISBN-139781405156875
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.
- Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars
- Features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyricon studies by exploring the novel's literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception
- Supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading
