Figuring genre in Roman satire /

Satirists are social critics, but they are also products of society. Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, the verse satirists of ancient Rome, exploit this double identity to produce their colorful commentaries on social life and behavior. In a fresh comparative study that combines literary and cultural an...

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Tác giả chính: Keane, Catherine
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Loạt:American classical studies ; no. 50.
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Mục lục:
  • The theatrics of satire
  • Satiric attack
  • Satire and the law
  • Teaching satire
  • Conclusion : observing Romans.