Satires of Rome Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal [Hardcover]

Provides a complete and socially and politically contextualised survey of Roman verse satire.The first complete study of Roman verse satire to appear since 1976, this book provides a fresh and exciting survey of the field, taking each of Rome's satirists individually, in their proper order. But rather than describing satire's history as a series of discrete achievements, it relates those achievements to one another in such a way that, in the movement from Lucilius, to Horace, to Persius, to Juvenal, we are made to sense, and see performed, the increasing pressure of imperial oversight in ancient Rome.The first complete study of Roman verse satire to appear since 1976, this book provides a fresh and exciting survey of the field, taking each of Rome's satirists individually, in their proper order. But rather than describing satire's history as a series of discrete achievements, it relates those achievements to one another in such a way that, in the movement from Lucilius, to Horace, to Persius, to Juvenal, we are made to sense, and see performed, the increasing pressure of imperial oversight in ancient Rome.The first complete study of Roman verse satire to appear since 1976 provides a fresh and exciting survey of the field. Rather than describing satire's history as a series of discrete achievements, it relates those achievements to one another in such a way that, in the movement from Lucilius, to Horace, to Persius, to Juvenal, we are made to sense, and see performed, the increasing pressure of imperial oversight in ancient Rome.Introduction; 1. Horace; 2. Persius; 3. Juvenal. No review can do full justice to the wealth of sophisticated and provocative ideas put forth in this volume with remarkable clarity of expression and unfailing wit. Costas Panayotakis, Classical Review Substantial interpretative claims, contrary to what we might call received opinion, but nonetheless convincing, underpin each chapter. There are many good points to this book, not the least ol³ã