The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire
Subtitle: Laughing and Lying
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780199237937
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Hellenic languages; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Ancient and Classical
First sentence: The present study is about the function of humour in the verse satires of Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, with a glance at the fragments of Lucilius.