{"product_id":"ausonius-david-r-slavitt-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812219538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812219531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"David R. Slavitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058199523583,"sku":"9780812219531","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5800cee1-3695-4840-8017-a85bab43b4dd.jpg?v=1685051206","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ausonius-david-r-slavitt-9780812219531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}