Description
| Product ID: | 9780140447026 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches |
| Authors: | Author: Lucian, Keith Sidwell |
| Page Count: | 576 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. This book shows 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-06-24 |
