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4,374 words, approx. 15 pages
 Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry. It is believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as a certain Titus Petronius. As with the Metamorphoses of... 
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 The Washington Post Satyricon in Manhattan
03/18/1990: 1,425 words, approx. 5 pages THE LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING By Dawn Powell Yarrow Press. 286 pp. $9.95, paperback THE GOLDEN SPUR By Dawn Powell Vintage. 274 pp. $8.95, paperback ANGELS ON TOAST By Dawn Powell Vintage. 273 pp. $8.95, paperback... summary from source:
New Criterion Petronius Satyricon.(Review)
02/01/2001: 1,040 words, approx. 4 pages Petronius Satyricon, translated & with commentaries by Sarah Ruden. Hackett, 256 pages, $9.95 paper The Satyricon is the Ulysses of Roman literature. It is a comic novel intoxicated with language, with the power of verbal craft. As Joyce deploys Hamlet, so Petronius... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Our Critic\'d5s Tip Sheet On Current Reading: Week of June 18th, 2007
6/12/2007: 396 words, approx. 1 pagesJesse Browner has written a lush and sorrowful novel about how to die. It’s set in 66 A.D., but when it comes to our common doom, not much has changed in the last two millennia. The Uncertain Hour (Bloomsbury, $23.95)—the title is borrowed from Eliot’s... summary from source:
The New York Observer Suba's Spanish Medley: Sangria, Tapas and Flamenco
6/12/2005: 1,005 words, approx. 3 pagesAt first glance, Suba looks like just another trendy restaurant that has invaded the Lower East Side. The doors of the tenement building in which it's housed are opened onto the street, and the bar is crowded with people eating tapas and drinking sangria and...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Froma I. Zeitlin
21,674 words, approx. 72 pages
In the following essay, Zeitlin contends that the inconsistencies, ambiguities, and incongruities of the Satyricon are deliberate and that they reflect Petronius's worldview, which embraced irrationality, chaos, and disintegration.
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Critical Essay by Gilbert Bagnani
11,430 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Bagnani explains the difficulties and contradictions that must be overcome in determining the authorship and date of composition of the Satyricon; rejects arguments of other scholars that involve circular reasoning; and concludes that it was written by the Petronius described in Tacitus's Annals around the year 60.
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Critical Essay by F. A. Todd
11,413 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, first published in 1940, Todd provides an overview of the Satyricon, including a consideration of its possible models, and a detailed synopsis of the Trimalchio's Dinner section.
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