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The Walking Muse: Horace on the Theory of Satire
Kirk Freudenburg
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Description for The Walking Muse: Horace on the Theory of Satire
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DCF; HBLA1; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
In laying the groundwork for a fresh and challenging reading of Roman satire, Kirk Freudenburg explores the literary precedents behind the situations and characters created by Horace, one of Rome's earliest and most influential satirists. Critics tend to think that his two books of Satires are but trite sermons of moral reform--which the poems superficially claim to be--and that the reformer speaking to us is the young Horace, a naive Roman imitator of the rustic, self-made Greek philosopher Bion. By examining Horace's debt to popular comedy and to the conventions of Hellenistic moral literature, however, Freudenburg reveals the sophisticated mask ... Read more
In laying the groundwork for a fresh and challenging reading of Roman satire, Kirk Freudenburg explores the literary precedents behind the situations and characters created by Horace, one of Rome's earliest and most influential satirists. Critics tend to think that his two books of Satires are but trite sermons of moral reform--which the poems superficially claim to be--and that the reformer speaking to us is the young Horace, a naive Roman imitator of the rustic, self-made Greek philosopher Bion. By examining Horace's debt to popular comedy and to the conventions of Hellenistic moral literature, however, Freudenburg reveals the sophisticated mask ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691601991
SKU
V9780691601991
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Reviews for The Walking Muse: Horace on the Theory of Satire
Admirably clear, stimulating, and accessible to the non-specialist.
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