Eighteen Martial satires in contemporary (un)dress, their targets the latter-day Romans of New York City. These versions, by one of modern English poetry's most accomplished and versatile translators, render Martial's Latin vernacular into the fruity argot of the Big Apple. "A Poundian regrounding of the satiric originals in the ambience of New York, some are close imitations of Martial and some just in the satirical spirit of the poet. All of them, however, are ultra-modern and brutally frank, representing at least one side of Martial's talents, perhaps the side that speaks most clearly to the modern reader.
- ISBN13 9780906427293
- Publish Date 12 November 1981
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 May 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 24
- Language English