Roman Satire - Couverture rigide

Hooley, Daniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405106883 ISBN 13 : 9781405106887

Editeur : *Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This compact and critically up-to-date introduction to Roman satire examines the development of the genre, focusing particularly on the literary and social functionality of satire. It considers why it was important to the Romans and why it still matters.

• Provides a compact and critically up-to-date introduction to Roman satire.
• Focuses on the development and function of satire in literary and social contexts.
• Takes account of recent critical approaches.
• Keeps the uninitiated reader in mind, presuming no prior knowledge 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 of different satirists.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405106883
• ISBN 13: 9781405106887
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 203
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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