How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing
(Sprache: Englisch)
Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture...
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Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love, he wrote The Art of Drinking (De Arte Bibendi) (1536), a how-to manual for drinking with pleasure and discrimination. In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus's text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages. Complete with the original Latin on facing pages, this sparkling work is as intoxicating today as when it was first published
Autoren-Porträt von Vincent Obsopoeus
Michael Fontaine is professor of classics and associate vice provost of undergraduate education at Cornell University. His books include Funny Words in Plautine Comedy and The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Vincent Obsopoeus
- 320 Seiten, Maße: 12,1 x 17,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Michael Fontaine
- Übersetzer: Michael Fontaine
- Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0691192146
- ISBN-13: 9780691192147
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.04.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
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