Neo-Latin verse satire, ca. 1500-1800
Subtitle: an ethical approach
By: Sari Kivistö
Series: Commentationes humanarum litterarum -- 142 / 2022; Commentationes humanarum litterarum -- 142.
Publisher: Societas Scientiarum Fennica
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9789516534865
Subjects: Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern); History and criticism; Medieval and modern Latin literature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sermones on Mores; title: Chapter 1. Programmatic Beginnings: Justif ing Satirical Indignation; title: Chapter 2. Fathers and Sons: Satirical Tutorials on Life; title: Chapter 3. How to Be Calm: Ethical Reflections on Poverty and Tranquillity of Mind; title: Chapter 4. Cures and Incurables: Medical Satire; title: Chapter 5. Prophetic Floods: Post-Edenic Reality in Religious Satire; title: Chapter 6. Satirical Exemplarity and the Affective Language of Moral Monuments; title: Chapter 7. Leaving the Countryside: Ironic Lessons on Conrenrment; title: Conclusions on the Limits of Satire; title: Bibliography; title: Index nominum.