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The garden of Priapus : sexuality and aggression in Roman humor / Amy Richlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richlin, Amy, 1951- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin wit and humor--History and criticism.
- Latin wit and humor.
- Erotic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Erotic poetry, Latin.
- Aggressiveness in literature.
- Satire, Latin--History and criticism.
- Satire, Latin.
- Priapus (Greek deity) in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Invective.
- Rome--In literature.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using literary and feminist methodology, this study argues that an attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defence served as a model for Roman satire. The author suggests that aggressive sexual humour reinforced Roman aggressive behaviour on both the individual and societal levels.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. Roman Concepts of Obscenity; CHAPTER 2. The Erotic Ideal in Latin Literature and Contemporary Greek Epigram; CHAPTER 3. The Content and Workings of Roman Sexual Humor; CHAPTER 4. Graffiti, Gossip, Lampoons, and Rhetorical Invective; CHAPTER 5. Literature Based on Invective: Invective against Old Women, Priapic Poetry, and Epigram; CHAPTER 6. Catullus, Ovid, and the Art of Mockery; CHAPTER 7. Sexual Satire; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1. The Evidence on the Circumstances Surrounding Adultery at Rome
- APPENDIX 2. The Circumstances of Male Homosexuality in Roman Society of the Late Republic and Early Empire; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA; ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED; INDEX VERBORUM; GENERAL INDEX
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-294) and indexes.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770461-1
- 1-280-52567-3
- 0-19-802333-2
- 1-4294-0734-4
- OCLC:
- 476013427
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