TY - BOOK ID - 3129612 TI - Martial : the world of the epigram. PY - 2007 SN - 9780226252537 0226252531 0226252558 0226252566 1281956821 9786611956820 PB - Chicago University of Chicago press DB - UniCat KW - Epigrams, Latin KW - Books and reading KW - Epigrammes latines KW - Livres et lecture KW - History and criticism. KW - Histoire et critique KW - Martial. KW - Books and reading. KW - Books and reading - Rome. KW - Culturele aspecten. KW - Epigrammen. KW - Epigrams, Latin. KW - Epigrams, Latin - History and criticism. KW - Interpretatie. KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3129612 AB - In this age of the sound bite, what sort of author could be more relevant than a master of the epigram? Martial, the most influential epigrammatist of classical antiquity, was just such a virtuoso of the form, but despite his pertinence to today's culture, his work has been largely neglected in contemporary scholarship. Arguing that Martial is a major author who deserves more sustained attention, William Fitzgerald provides an insightful tour of his works, shedding new and much-needed light on the Roman poet's world-and how it might speak to our own.Writing in the late fir ER -