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4. Juxtaposition: The Attraction of Opposites

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. Martial and the World of the Epigram 1
Excursus. Epigram at Rome 25
2. Strategies of the Spectacle 34
3. What Is a Book of Epigrams? (Martial’s Book 1) 68
4. Juxtaposition: The Attraction of Opposites 106
5. The Society of the Book 139
6. Banalization and Redemption: Martial’s Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister’s Martial 167
Conclusion 197
Notes 201
Works Cited 237
Index of Epigrams 247
Index 251

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. Martial and the World of the Epigram 1
Excursus. Epigram at Rome 25
2. Strategies of the Spectacle 34
3. What Is a Book of Epigrams? (Martial’s Book 1) 68
4. Juxtaposition: The Attraction of Opposites 106
5. The Society of the Book 139
6. Banalization and Redemption: Martial’s Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister’s Martial 167
Conclusion 197
Notes 201
Works Cited 237
Index of Epigrams 247
Index 251

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