The 'Satyricon' of Petronius. A Literary Study. - SULLIVAN, J.P.,

KORTE INHOUD

'In his first chapter Sullivan deals briefly and firmly with the question of date and authorship. (...). In chapter ii, on the reconstruction of the 'Satyricon', he gets on to less firm ground. (...) The surviving excerpts were preceded by a text at least as long as the 'metamorphoses' of Apuleius. The only clues we have to its contents are a handful of back references. (...) Chapters iii and iv, on The Choice of Form and Satire in the 'Satyricon, belong together. They combine erudition, sensitivity, and rigour. (...) Genuine literary criticism of classical texts is reare - and very difficult. When it is done as well as Sullivan does it, it is well worth the effort. (...). This is an interesting and stimulating book, which ventures upon ground which the traditional classical scholar avoided. One cannot agree with all Sullivan says, and one can occasionally fault him on technical points (...). But it would be a good thing if more classical scholars asked this kind of questions.' (ROBERT BROWNING in The Classic... Lees verder...

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1968Uitgever: Indiana University Press