Persius and Juvenal.
The last decades have seen a lively interest in Roman verse satire, and this collection of essays introduces the reader to the best of modern critical writing on Persius and Juvenal. The eight articles on Persius range from detailed analyses of his fine technique to readings inspired by theoretical...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2009.
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Colección: | Oxford readings in classical studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The last decades have seen a lively interest in Roman verse satire, and this collection of essays introduces the reader to the best of modern critical writing on Persius and Juvenal. The eight articles on Persius range from detailed analyses of his fine technique to readings inspired by theoretical approaches such as New Historicism, Reader-Response Criticism, and Dialogics. The nine selections on Juvenal focus upon the pivotal question in modern Juvenalian criticism: how serious isthe poet when he voices his appallingly misogynist, homophobic, and xenophobic moralism? The contributors challen. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (566 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780191570773 019157077X |