Figuring Genre in Roman Satire

by Catherine Keane

Satirists are social critics, but they are also products of society. Horace, Persius, and Juvenal, the verse satirists of ancient Rome, exploit this double identity to produce their colorful commentaries on social life and behavior. In a fresh comparative study that combines literary and cultural analysis, Catherine Keane reveals how the satirists create such a vivid and incisive portrayal of the Roman social world. Throughout the tradition, the narrating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195183304
• ISBN13: 9780195183306
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"