The Gnat and Other Minor Poems of Virgil

by Virgil, David R. Slavitt (Translator), Gordon Williams (Foreword by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520267657
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	07/13/2011
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

David R. Slavitt has been lauded for his translations of Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes, as well as Propertius in Love and De Rerum Natura, both from UC Press.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Gordon Williams

Introduction

The Gnat
The Barmaid
Curses
Lydia
Priapus Poems
Pesto (Moretum)
The Good Man
Yes and No
Budding Roses

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"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

Editorial Reviews

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