Roman Satire
Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
1. Auflage November 2006
204 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This compact and critically up-to-date introduction to Roman satire
examines the development of the genre, focusing particularly on the
literary and social functionality of satire. It considers why it
was important to the Romans and why it still matters.
* Provides a compact and critically up-to-date introduction to
Roman satire.
* Focuses on the development and function of satire in literary
and social contexts.
* Takes account of recent critical approaches.
* Keeps the uninitiated reader in mind, presuming no prior
knowledge of the subject.
* Introduces each satirist in his own historical time and place
- including the masters of Roman satire, Lucilius, Horace,
Persius, and Juvenal.
* Facilitates comparative and intertextual discussion of
different satirists.
Timeline: Roman satire and its influence.
Introduction.
1 Beginnings (?)
2 Horace.
3 Persius.
4 Juvenal.
5 Menippeans and after.
Notes.
Index.
"This is the best introduction to this subject this reviewer has
encountered ... It is stimulating, original, and highly
informative, and it takes account of all relevant scholarship
... Summing Up: Essential. All readers; all levels."
(Choice)
"What sets this introductory book apart from others of its kind
is its dedication to tackling the perpetually vexing question of
satire as a genre - the question that vexed the satirists
themselves." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
"A volume to which one would direct bright students in search of
stimulation and intellectual challenge." (Scholia
Reviews)
"You can trust Hooley to convey to students and teachers in both
classics and literature classes the best of current thinking on the
genre and mode of satire."
--John Henderson, University of Cambridge
"This is no run-of-the-mill introduction to Roman satire. The
book does its solid introductory work, certainly, but at the same
time, it manages to be quite brilliant and chock-full of smart new
observations."
--Kirk Freudenburg, University of Illinois
