Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry ' by Henderson, John

Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry ' (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198150770)

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Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry ' by Henderson, John

Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry '

$88.00
Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry ' by Henderson, John

Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry '

$88.00
Format: Hardcover
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Taking particular plays and poems from Roman comic theatre and the genre of Latin satire, this book finds Rome sending up Roman culture - making a mess of drama, jesting at rustic gaucherie, caricaturing the cult of masculine aggression. Writing Down Rome explores the robust poetic of self-denigration. Henderson's essays celebrate the energetic self-mockery that powers much of Roman poetry. They range widely over comedy, lyric, bucolic, and, in particular, the Roman speciality of satire.

Author: John Henderson
ISBN-10: 0198150776
ISBN-13: 9780198150770
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/25/1999
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.32h x 6.68w x 1.13d

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