Juvenal and the satiric genre / Frederick Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Frederick, 1955-

Series:

Classical literature and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenal--Criticism and interpretation.

Juvenal.

Satire--History and criticism.

Satire.

Verse satire--History and criticism.

Verse satire.

Satire, Latin--History and criticism.

Satire, Latin.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 214 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 2007.

Summary:

While claiming to stand outside literature altogether, Roman verse satire was the most aggressively literary of Roman genres, Juvenal's particularly so. In the opening lines of the corpus, his performance creates an arena in which the various genres of his Graeco-Roman cultural inheritance jostle to be heard, and are suppressed by his own generic identity.

In Juvenal and the Satiric Genre Frederick Jones considers the fluid nature of the generic field, and how Juvenal comes out of and fits into it. Specifically, it measures his use of names, his ambiguous and sometimes hostile relations with other genres, especially the queen of genres, epic, against his inherited and stated aim (of criticizing malefactors by name), and considers how the aspect of performance impinges on his multifaceted satiric voice.

Contents:

1 The Satirists on Satire and its Models 1

2 The Generic Landscape 25

3 Names and Naming in Satire and Other Genres 48

4 Major Roles in Horace and Juvenal 76

5 The Satirists and Epic 95

6 Other Genres in Satire 117

7 Juvenal and Performance 133

8 Juvenal's Satiric Identity 145

Appendix Names in Satire and Related Genres 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.

ISBN:

0715636863

9780715636862

OCLC:

141384909