{"product_id":"petronius-isbn-9781118451373","title":"Petronius","description":"\u003ci\u003ePetronius: A Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e unravels the mysteries of the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica,\u003c\/i\u003e one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the first multi-dimensional approach to \u003ci\u003eSatyricon\u003c\/i\u003e studies by exploring the novel's literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Prag and Ian Repath\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Reading the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiall W. Slater\u003c\/i\u003e 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Petronius and Greek Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. R. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Petronius and the Roman Literary Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCostas Panayotakis\u003c\/i\u003e 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Letting the Page Run On\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoetics, Rhetoric, and Noise in the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictoria Rimell\u003c\/i\u003e 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Sex in the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutlaws in Literatureland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Richlin\u003c\/i\u003e 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e and Neronian Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline Vout\u003c\/i\u003e 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Freedmen in the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean Andreau\u003c\/i\u003e 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Market\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading Petronius to Write Economic History\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoenraad Verboven\u003c\/i\u003e 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 At Home with the Dead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman Funeral Traditions and Trimalchio's Tomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValerie M. Hope\u003c\/i\u003e 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Freedmen's Cribs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Vulgarity on the Bay of Naples\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelley Hales\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Petronius's \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e and the Novel in English\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 \u003ci\u003eFellini-Satyricon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePetronius and Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Paul\u003c\/i\u003e 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex \u003ci\u003elocorum\u003c\/i\u003e 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Each chapter includes useful discussion of further readings.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Prag\u003c\/b\u003e is a University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow of Merton College. His main areas of research are Hellenistic and Republican Sicily, and the Roman Republic. He has edited a volume (\u003ci\u003eSicilia nutrix plebis Romanae\u003c\/i\u003e) on Cicero's \u003ci\u003eVerrines\u003c\/i\u003e, and is currently co-editing a volume on \u003ci\u003eThe Hellenistic West\u003c\/i\u003e and writing a book on the non-Italian soldiers of the Roman Republican army.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Repath\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Classics at Swansea University. His principal research interests are Greek and Latin prose fiction, and literary aspects of Plato. He is the author of the forthcoming article, \u003ci\u003ePlato in Petronius: Petronius in platanona, \u003c\/i\u003eand co-editor (with John Morgan) of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Truth Lies: Fiction and Metafiction in Ancient Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding member of KYKNOS, the Swansea, Lampeter, and Exeter Centre for Research in Ancient Narrative Literatures.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOf all the literary works to have survived from the ancient world, few have been as celebrated – or as outrageously provocative – as the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e. Traditionally ascribed to the Petronius who lived and died under Nero’s rule, one of the most darkly fascinating periods of Roman history, the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a bizarre odyssey through contemporary everyday life. With its startling originality, bawdy humor, and vivid characterizations, Petronius's brilliant, but fragmentary, novel has inspired countless writers and artists through the ages, most famously the Italian film director Fellini. The grotesqueries and excesses of the book's most best-known extant section, Trimalchio’s feast, are particularly notorious and influential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflecting the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e's unique stature in world literature, \u003ci\u003ePetronius: A Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e features a dozen original essays that explore the world portrayed by Petronius. Commissioned from leading scholars specializing in the ancient novel, Julio-Claudian culture, and early Roman imperial history, each essay tackles a specific aspect of the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e – from the novel's literary structure to its social and historic contexts and modern reception in literature and film. Collectively, the essays provide the first comprehensive, multi-dimensional approach to the study of the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/i\u003e and its relevance to our understanding of the early Roman Empire. Authoritative and insightful, \u003ci\u003ePetronius: A Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e will unravel the mysteries of one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The editors have astutely chosen knowledgeable contributors capable of presenting complex material in an engaging manner to students and the educated public.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerald Sandy, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of British Columbia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This new handbook skillfully guides the reader through the literary and the real into the afterlife of Petronius's multifaceted masterpiece. The result is an unprecedented success in synthetic interpretation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Bodel, Brown University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989771469029,"sku":"NP9781118451373","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118451373.jpg?v=1761785418","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/petronius-isbn-9781118451373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}