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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
BCPaperbacks
ISBN-10
1853990469
ISBN-13
9781853990465
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bristol Classical Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 23rd, 1995
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
402 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.10 x 1.80 cms
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This study appraises the work of all the Roman satirists, from the 2nd century BC, to the end of the reign of Hadrian in AD 138. The satirists' work is shown to reflect the constantly changing society in which they lived, and its topics range from the morally earnest to the bawdy.
This study appraises the work of all the Roman satirists, from the 2nd century BC, to the end of the reign of Hadrian in AD 138. The satirists' work is shown to reflect the constantly changing society in which they lived, and its topics range from the morally earnest to the bawdy. Certain themes are examined which are common to some degree to all the satirists - autobiographical revelation, personal invective, political and ethical judgements and literary criticism. The book provides an exposition of the tradition of verse satire from Lucilius through Horace and Persius to Juvenal, with an assessment of the structure and distinctive literary quality of each satire. It discusses satire in the Menippean tradition, a composite form of prose and verse which was used first by Varro, then by Petronius and by Seneca in his "Apocolocyntosis", a comical and malicious satire on the deification of the emperor Claudius.
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