UID:
almafu_9959202556202883
Format:
1 online resource (399 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4725-3986-9
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1-84966-779-9
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1-84966-780-2
Series Statement:
Classical literature and society
Content:
"While claiming to stand outside literature altogether, Roman verse satire was the most aggressively literary of Roman genres, Juvenal's particularly so. In the opening lines of the corpus, his performance creates an arena in which the various genres of his Graeco-Roman cultural inheritance jostle to be heard, and are suppressed by his own generic identity. Juvenal and the Satiric Genre considers the fluid nature of the generic field, and how Juvenal comes out of and fits into it. Specifically, it measures his use of names, his ambiguous and sometimes hostile relations with other genres, especially the queen of genres, epic, against his inherited and stated aim (of criticizing malefactors by name), and considers how the aspect of performance impinges on his multi-faceted satiric voice. This challenging series considers Greek and Roman literature primarily in relation to genre and theme. It also aims to place writer and original addressee in their social context. The series will appeal to both scholar and student, and to anyone interested in our classical inheritance."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
While claiming to stand outside literature altogether, Roman verse satire was the most aggressively literary of Roman genres, Juvenal's particularly so. In the opening lines of the corpus, his performance creates an arena in which the various genres of his Graeco-Roman cultural inheritance jostle to be heard, and are suppressed by his own generic identity. Juvenal and the Satiric Genre considers the fluid nature of the generic field, and how Juvenal comes out of and fits into it. Specifically, it measures his use of names, his ambiguous and sometimes hostile relations with other genres, especially the queen of genres, epic, against his inherited and stated aim (of criticizing malefactors by name), and considers how the aspect of performance impinges on his multi-faceted satiric voice. This challenging series considers Greek and Roman literature primarily in relation to genre and theme. It also aims to place writer and original addressee in their social context. The series will appeal to both scholar and student, and to anyone interested in our classical inheritance
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Satirists on Satire and its Models; Chapter 2. The Generic Landscape; Chapter 3. Names and Naming in Satire and Other Genres; Chapter 4. Major Roles in Horace and Juvenal; Chapter 5. The Satirists and Epic; Chapter 6. Other Genres in Satire; Chapter 7. Juvenal and Performance; Chapter 8. Juvenal's Satiric Identity; Appendix: Names in Satire and Related Genres; Glossary; Bibliography; Notes; eCopyright
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Also issued in print
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7156-3686-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472539861
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