Hooley Roman Satire

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77708-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

This compact and critically up-to-date introduction to Roman satireexamines the development of the genre, focusing particularly on theliterary and social functionality of satire. It considers why itwas important to the Romans and why it still matters.
* Provides a compact and critically up-to-date introduction toRoman satire.
* Focuses on the development and function of satire in literaryand social contexts.
* Takes account of recent critical approaches.
* Keeps the uninitiated reader in mind, presuming no priorknowledge of the subject.
* Introduces each satirist in his own historical time and place- including the masters of Roman satire, Lucilius, Horace,Persius, and Juvenal.
* Facilitates comparative and intertextual discussion ofdifferent satirists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hooley, Daniel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Timeline: Roman satire and its influence.
Introduction.
1 Beginnings (?).
2 Horace.
3 Persius.
4 Juvenal.
5 Menippeans and after.
Notes.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel M. Hooley is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His previous publications include The Classics in Paraphrase: Ezra Pound and Modern Translators of Latin Poetry (1988) and The Knotted Thong: Structures of Mimesis in Persius (1997).