Title: Petronius : a handbook /
Authors: Prag, J. R. W.; Repath, Ian.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Petronius Arbiter Criticism and interpretation.; Satire, Latin History and criticism.
Abstract: "Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world. Features include: a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars; features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyricon studies by exploring the novel's literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception; and, supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Reading the Satyrica / Niall Slater -- Petronius and Greek Literature / J. R. Morgan -- Petronius and the Roman literary tradition / Costas Panayotakis -- Letting the page run on : poetics, rhetoric, and noise in the Satyrica / Victoria Rimell -- Sex in the Satyrica : outlaws in literatureland / Amy Richlin -- The Satyrica and Neronian culture / Caroline Vout -- Freedmen in the Satyrica / Jean Andreau -- A funny thing happened on my way to the market : reading Petronius to write economic history / Koenraad Verboven -- At home with the dead : Roman funeral traditions and Trimalchio's tomb / Valerie M. Hope -- Freedmen's cribs : domestic vulgarity on the Bay of Naples / Shelley Hales -- Petronius' Satyrica and the novel in English / Stephen Harrison -- Fellini-Satyricon : Petronius and film / Joanna Paul.