Giovenale, "Satira" 8 [Italian]

by Giuseppe Dimatteo

This work offers a new interpretation and an in-depth analysis of one of the least studied among Juvenal's satires. The introduction examines the structure of the piece and some of its rhetorical features, such as the peculiar use of exempla and evidentia, while focusing on its basic theme, the degeneration of the contemporary nobility. Although grafted onto the traditional and commonplace antithesis between true and false nobility, this theme...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Italian
• ISBN: 3110371154
• ISBN13: 9783110371154
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary