Making mockery : the poetics of ancient satire /

This book explores the dynamics of comic mockery and satire in Greek and Latin poetry, and argues that poets working in such genres composed their “attacks” on targets, and constructed their relationships with audiences, in accordance with a set of common poetic principles, protocols, and tropes. It...

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Main Author:	Rosen, Ralph Mark
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:	Classical culture and society.
Subjects:	Verse satire, Classical > History and criticism. Poésie satirique ancienne > Histoire et critique. Ancient & Classical. LITERARY CRITICISM. Verse satire, Classical Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book