Figuring Genre in Roman Satire.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781602565715Subject(s): Literary form -- History -- To 1500 | Literature and society -- Rome | Social problems in literature | Verse satire, Latin -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Figuring Genre in Roman SatireDDC classification: 871.0109 | 871/.070901 LOC classification: PA6056 -- .K37 2006ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Theatrics of Satire -- 2. Satiric Attack -- 3. Satire and the Law -- 4. Teaching Satire -- Conclusion: Observing Romans -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, the verse satirists of ancient Rome, developed a unique mode of social criticism by borrowing from their culture's methods of entertainment and moral judgment. This analysis of the satiric genre reveals its debt to four key Roman practices: theater, public violence, legal process, and teaching.
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