Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic

von Lucian

578 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh" Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Antike, klassische und mittelalterliche Texte
• ISBN: 9780140447026
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2004
• Größe: 198 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Herausgegeben von: Keith Sidwell