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Making Men Ridiculous : Juvenal and the Anxieties of the Individual /

Writing during the reign of emperors Trajan and Hadrian, Juvenal drew on Roman legend and the history of preceding imperial dynasties as a means of scrutinizing cultural upheavals in the Rome of his day. Tacky foreigners, the nouveaux riches, women who don't know their place, bloodthirsty--even...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nappa, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The failed satirist and the failed man
  • 2. The body and the failure of autonomy
  • 3. The dangers of debasement : manhood and class
  • 4. A woman's world
  • 5. Economies of manhood.