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Laughing atoms, laughing matter : Lucretius' De rerum natura and satire /

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The aim of this study is to track De Rerum Natura along two paths of satire. One is the broad boulevard of satiric literature from the beginnings of Greek poetry to the plays, essays and broadcast media of the modern world. The other is the narrower lane of Roman verse satire, satura, whose canon be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gellar-Goad, T. H. M. (Theodore Harry McMillan) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Lucretius Carus, Titus. > De rerum natura.
Lucretius Carus, Titus > Criticism and interpretation.
Verse satire, Latin > History and criticism.
Satire, Latin > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Laughing Matter
  • Chapter 1. Satire: Genre and Mode
  • Chapter 2. De Rerum Natura and Earlier Roman Satire
  • Chapter 3. De Rerum Natura and Later Roman Satire
  • Chapter 4. The Lucretian Speaker and the Mode of Satire
  • Chapter 5. Tensions between Didactic and Satiric Modes in
  • Chapter 6. Civic Satire in Roman Satura and Lucretius
  • Conclusion: Epicurean Satire