Figuring genre in Roman satire

Figuring genre in Roman satire / Catherine Keane.

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...

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Main Author: Keane, Catherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:American classical studies ; no. 51.
Subjects:
To 1500
Verse satire, Latin > History and criticism.
Literary form > History > To 1500.
Literature and society > Rome.
Social problems in literature.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Literary form.
Literature and society.
Verse satire, Latin.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. The Theatrics of Satire; 2. Satiric Attack; 3. Satire and the Law; 4. Teaching Satire; Conclusion: Observing Romans; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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