Gellius the satirist : Roman cultural authority in Attic nights /

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Presents a portrait of the second-century miscellanist Aulus Gellius. Highlighting Gellius' use of humour and irony in his portrayals of controversial celebrities such as Favorinus and Herodes Atticus, this book provides a corrective to interpretations of Gellius as an uncritical philhellene or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keulen, Wytse Hette (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 297.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; 297.
Temas:
Gellius, Aulus. > Noctes Atticae.
Gellius, Aulus > Criticism and interpretation.
Gellius, Aulus
Gellius, Aulus > 130-170 > Noctes Atticae
Gellius, Aulus, > approximately 130-approximately 180 e.Kr > analys och tolkning.
Gellius, Aulus.
Noctes Atticae (Gellius, Aulus)
Noctes Atticae.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Literature
Rome > In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Romerska riket > i litteraturen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction; Part One. Constructing Authority: Gellius' Roman Cultural Programme; Chapter One. Gellius the Roman Educationalist; Chapter Two. Memory and Authority; Chapter Three. Saturnalian Licence and Socratic Irony; Part Two. Playing with Reputations: 'Rehabilitation' as Political Satire; Chapter Four. Favorinus as a 'Comic Authority Figure'; Chapter Five. Exposing his Own Infamy: Avarice and Unmanliness; Chapter Six. Demonstration and Refutation: 'Investigational Rhetoric'; Chapter Seven. Favorinus' Controversial Authority.

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