Roman Satire (eBook)

Daniel M. Hooley is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His previous publications include The Classics in Paraphrase: Ezra Pound and Modern Translators of Latin Poetry (1988) and The Knotted Thong: Structures of Mimesis in Persius (1997).

Preface.

Timeline: Roman satire and its influence.

Introduction.

1 Beginnings (?).

2 Horace.

3 Persius.

4 Juvenal.

5 Menippeans and after.

Notes.

Index

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007

"This is the best introduction to this subject this reviewer has
encountered ... It is stimulating, original, and highly
informative, and it takes account of all relevant scholarship
... Summing Up: Essential. All readers; all levels."
(Choice)

"What sets this introductory book apart from others of its kind
is its dedication to tackling the perpetually vexing question of
satire as a genre - the question that vexed the satirists
themselves." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)

"A volume to which one would direct bright students in search of
stimulation and intellectual challenge." (Scholia
Reviews)

"You can trust Hooley to convey to students and teachers in both
classics and literature classes the best of current thinking on the
genre and mode of satire."

--John Henderson, University of Cambridge

"This is no run-of-the-mill introduction to Roman satire. The
book does its solid introductory work, certainly, but at the same
time, it manages to be quite brilliant and chock-full of smart new
observations."

--Kirk Freudenburg, University of Illinois