Juvenal: Satires Book I - Brossura

Braund

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521356679 ISBN 13: 9780521356671

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Satire was a genre of poetry invented and developed by the Romans. When it came into Juvenal's hands, he stamped his mark upon it: indignation. His angry voice had an overwhelming influence upon later European satirists and persists in modern forms of satire. In this new commentary, Susanna Morton Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and illuminates his appropriation of the 'grand style' of declamatory rhetoric and epic poetry for his indignant persona in Satires 1–5, including the notorious second Satire. The commentary on each of the Satires is followed by an essay which offers an interpretation of the poem, including a synthesis of recent critical thought. These essays, together with the overview in the Introduction, present the first integrated reading of Book I as an organic structure.

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Recensione:

'... well-balanced and easy to consult ... recommended not only to established scholars of Roman literature but also to students reading Juvenal.' ARCTOS

Descrizione del libro:

This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. Susanna Morton Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the 'grand style'. The essays on each poem present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521356679
• ISBN 13: 9780521356671
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 332