| Writting Down Rome 'Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry ' Contributor(s): Henderson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198150776 ISBN-13: 9780198150770 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1999 Annotation: Taking particular plays and poems from Roman comic theatre and the genre of Latin satire, this book finds Rome sending up Roman culture - making a mess of drama, jesting at rustic gaucherie, caricaturing the cult of masculine aggression. Writing Down Rome explores the robust poetic of self-denigration. Henderson's essays celebrate the energetic self-mockery that powers much of Roman poetry. They range widely over comedy, lyric, bucolic, and, in particular, the Roman speciality of satire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 877.010 |
| LCCN: 98037815 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.68" W x 8.32" (1.34 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking particular plays and poems from Roman comic theatre and the genre of Latin satire, this book finds Rome sending up Roman culture - making a mess of drama, jesting at rustic gaucherie, caricaturing the cult of masculine aggression. Writing Down Rome explores the robust poetic of self-denigration. Henderson's essays celebrate the energetic self-mockery that powers much of Roman poetry. They range widely over comedy, lyric, bucolic, and, in particular, the Roman speciality of satire. |