Figuring Genre In Roman Satire

Zusatztext ...engaging and straightforward Informationen zum Autor Catherine Keane is Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis. Klappentext Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, the verse satirists of ancient Rome, developed a unique mode of social criticism by borrowing from their culture's existing methods of entertainment and moral judgment. Keane's analysis of the satiric genre reveals its debt to four key Roman practices: theater, public violence, legal process, and teaching. Zusammenfassung Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, the verse satirists of ancient Rome, developed a unique mode of social criticism by borrowing from their culture's existing methods of entertainment and moral judgment. Keane's analysis of the satiric genre reveals its debt to four key Roman practices: theater, public violence, legal process, and teaching.

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• Authors: Catherine Keane, Catherine (Assistant Professor of Classics Keane, Keane Catherine
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.01.2006
• EAN: 9780195183306
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518330-6
• No. of pages: 182
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: American Classical Studies (Ox; Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies; Society for Classical Studies American Classical S; Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies; Society for Classical Studies American Classical S; Society for Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights