Lucian Satirical Sketches

Name: Lucian Satirical Sketches
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ISBN: 9780253360977

ISBN-10: 0253360978

ISBN-13: 9780253360977

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Authors: Paul Turner

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..". welcome and timely. It is written in crisp, idiomatic, conversational English, not hobbled by slavish imitation of Lucian's Greek syntax."A -- The Key Reporter Though Lucian's (A.D. c. 115--200) tendency to debunk everything might well have made him depressing reading, his lighthearted fantasy and wit have always had the opposite effect. His contribution to European literature may be seen in his influence on Rabelais, Erasmus, More, Swift, Voltaire, and Fielding. These sketches present him primarly as a humorous writer, making Lucian's special charm accessible to an age which largely shares his spirit.

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List price: $31.95
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction


The Dream or a Chapter of My Life


Zeuxis or Centaurs and Elephants


Mother Knows Best or a Young Girl's Guide to Success


Conversations in Low Society


The Language of True Love


The Results of Shooting a Line


The New Sleeping Partner


Conversations in High Society


Zeus is Indisposed


The Reluctant Parent


A Beauty Competition


Conversations in the Underworld


No Baggage Allowance


Menippus Gets Away with It


A Slight Change of Sex


How to Enjoy Life after Seventy


Charon Sees Life


Menippus Goes to Hell


Icaromenippus or Up in the Clouds


An Interview with Hesiod


Some Awkward Questions for Zeus


Philosophies Going Cheap


Fishing for Phonies or the Philosophers' Day out


The Pathological Liar or the Unbeliever


Alexander or the Bogus Oracle


The True History


Notes


Glossary