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The function of humour in Roman verse satire : laughing and lying /

Maria Plaza sets out to analyse the function of humour in the Roman satirists Horace, Persius, and Juvenal. Her starting point is that satire is driven by two motives, to display humour and to promote a serious moral message.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plaza, Maria (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Classical Studies module.
Subjects:
Verse satire, Latin > History and criticism.
Humorous poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Latin wit and humor > History and criticism.
Comic, The, in literature.
Poésie satirique latine > Histoire et critique.
Humour latin > Histoire et critique.
Comique dans la littérature.
Poésie humoristique latine > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Verse satire, Latin
Humorous poetry, Latin
Latin wit and humor
Comic, The, in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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