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Neo-Latin verse satire, ca. 1500-1800 : an ethical approach / Sari Kivistö.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kivistö, Sari, author.
- Series:
- Commentationes humanarum litterarum ; 142.
- Commentationes humanarum litterarum, 0069-6587 ; 142 / 2022
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern)--History and criticism.
- Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern).
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 293 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Helsinki : Societas Scientiarum Fennica, [2022]
- Summary:
- Within the framework of reading satire as ethical instruction in poetic form, this book aims to give a thematically focused examination of the still largely unstudied literary history of neo-Latin verse satire written ca. 1500-1800.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Sermones on Mores
- Chapter 1. Programmatic Beginnings: Justif ing Satirical Indignation
- Chapter 2. Fathers and Sons: Satirical Tutorials on Life
- Chapter 3. How to Be Calm: Ethical Reflections on Poverty and Tranquillity of Mind
- Chapter 4. Cures and Incurables: Medical Satire
- Chapter 5. Prophetic Floods: Post-Edenic Reality in Religious Satire
- Chapter 6. Satirical Exemplarity and the Affective Language of Moral Monuments
- Chapter 7. Leaving the Countryside: Ironic Lessons on Conrenrment
- Conclusions on the Limits of Satire
- Bibliography
- Index nominum.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789516534865
- 9516534864
- OCLC:
- 1344225291
- Publisher Number:
- 9789516534865
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