{"product_id":"ausonius-three-amusements-9780812219531","title":"Ausonius: Three Amusements","description":"\u003cp\u003eAusonius, the most famous of the learned poets active in the second half of the fourth century, was born at Bordeaux and taught school there for 30 years before being summoned to court to teach the future emperor Gratian. He subsequently held important public offices, returning to Bordeaux and private life after Gratian's death in 383. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe subjects of many of his poems are typical of the academic world of the time. His \u003ci\u003eCommemorations of the Professors of Bordeaux\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequence of light verse obituaries of local teachers, in which people are honored--or gossiped about--in their daily occupations, has been called an illustrious poetic precedent to Edgar Lee Masters's \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. To a literary verse translation of the \u003ci\u003eCommemorations\u003c\/i\u003e David Slavitt has added versions of Ausonius's \u003ci\u003eNuptial Cento\u003c\/i\u003e, assembled from snippets of Shakespeare (Ausonius's original is a pastiche of Virgil), and selected epigrams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Slavitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812219531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid R. Slavitt has published more than sixty books: original poetry, translations (recently Broken Columns, of Statius and Claudian, available from the University of Pennsylvania Press), novels, critical works, and short stories. He worked for seven years as a journalist at Newsweek and continues to do freelance reporting and reviewing. With Palmer Bovie he coedited the Complete Roman Drama in Translation series and the Penn Greek Drama Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40163140403315,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1ef93155-7e87-4d79-a8c9-59630f7bc9f7.jpg?v=1655042849","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ausonius-three-amusements-9780812219531","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}