These delightful poems - by turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgar - seem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt's imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings to this little-known body of verse a fresh voice, vividly capturing the tone and style of the originals while conveying a lively sense of fun.
| ISBN | 0520267656 | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | ISBN13 | 9780520267657
(What's this?) | | Pages | 88 | | Publisher | University of California Press | | Weight (grammes) | 257 | | Imprint | University of California Press | | Published in | Berkerley | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 210 | | Publication date | 13 Jul 2011 | | Width (mm) | 159 | | Translator | David R. Slavitt | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY | 871.01 | | Academic level | General |
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Foreword by Gordon Williams Introduction The Gnat The Barmaid Curses Lydia Priapus Poems Pesto (Moretum) The Good Man Yes and No Budding Roses
"An atypical Virgil writing humorous, obscene, parodic, and very slight poems, uncharacteristic to such an extent that scholarship has pretty definitely consigned them to the realm of forgery and misattribution."--Los Angeles Review of Books
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