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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.
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John Henderson is Reader in Latin Literature and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In a series of controversial essays, this book examines the Roman penchant for denigration, and in particular self-denigration, at the expense of Roman culture. Comedy in Republican Rome radically transformed both itself and the culture from which it sprang: in Poenulus, Plautus laughed at Roman depreciation of Carthage; in Adelphoe, Terence turned on his audience in provocation. The comic Roman poets played with self-mockery: in EclogueIII, Virgil tests his audience's security in judging peasant unpleasantness; in Odes III.22, Horace sends up his own pious rusticity down on the farm. In the second half of the book, Roman verse satire is the subject: the genreof male bragging mocks its own masculine aggression. The great Latin satirists make fun of making fun: Horace, Satires I.9, shows up the politics of humour, unmanned by his own good manners; Persius nails his own weaknesses in fortifying himself against the world; Juvenal, Satire 1, loathes the literary scene he bids to dominate. The book shows a vital ingredient of Roman poetry to be an energetic surge of urbane banter directed towards Roman culure. A consideration of plays and poems from Roman comic theatre which focuses on the genre of Latin satire. The book explores the robust poetic of self-denigration covering a range of texts including comedy, lyric, bucolic, and, in particular, the Roman speciality of satire. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780198150770
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First edition. xvii+374 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. In a series of controversial essays, this book examines the Roman penchant for denigration, and in particular self-denigration, at the expense of Roman culture. Comedy in Republican Rome radically transformed both itself and the culture from which it sprang: in Poenulus, Plautus laughed at Roman depreciation of Carthage; in Adelphoe, Terence turned on his audience in provocation. The comic Roman poets played with self-mockery: in Eclogue III, Virgil tests his audience's security in judging peasant unpleasantness; in Odes III.22, Horace sends up his own pious rusticity down on the farm. In the second half of the book, Roman verse satire is the subject: the genre of male bragging mocks its own masculine aggression. The great Latin satirists make fun of making fun: Horace, Satires I.9, shows up the politics of humour, unmanned by his own good manners; Persius nails his own weaknesses in fortifying himself against the world; Juvenal, Satire R1, loathes the literary scene he bids to dominate. The book shows a vital ingredient of Roman poetry to be an energetic surge of urbane banter directed towards Roman culure. This item has been price-checked for good value in 2011. We have 30 years experience in bookselling, mail order, shops, and internet for 10 years. You may order from us with confidence of a personal but professional service. Seller Inventory # 11930
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Writing down Rome : satire, comedy, and other offences in Latin poetry / John Henderson
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1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvii, 374 p., 23 cm. Contents: IntroductionPt. I. Comedy1. Hanno's Punic Heirs: Der Poenulus-Neid des Plautus. p. 32. Entertaining Arguments: Terence, Adelphoe. p. 38Pt. II. Lyric and Bucolic3. Who's Counting? - Catullus by Numbers. p. 694. Suck It and See: Horace, Epode 8. p. 93Appendix I. Woman as a MasqueradeAppendix II. Text of Horace, Epode 8Appendix III. Translation of Horace, Epode 8Appendix IV. Innuendo in Horace, Epode 85. Horace, Odes 3. 22, and the Life of Meaning: Stumbling and stampeding out of the woods, Blinking and screaming into the light, Snorting and gorging at the trough, Slashing and gouging at the death. p. 1146. Virgil's Third Eclogue: How Do You Keep an Idiot in Suspense? p. 145Pt. III. Satire7. Satire Writes Woman: Gendersong. p. 1738. Be Alert (Your Country Needs Lerts): Horace, Satires 1. 9. p. 2029. Learning Persius' Didactic Satire: The Teacher as Pupil. p. 22810. Pump up the Volume: Juvenal, Satire 1. 1-21. p. 249Endnotes. p. 274Date Chart. p. 333Bibliography. p. 336Index of Authors and Passages. p. 367General Index. p. 369. Subjects: Verse satire, Latin History and criticism. Latin drama (Comedy) History and criticism. Latin literature History and criticism. Literature and society Rome. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 443915
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