The Invisible Satirist
Subtitle: Juvenal and Second-Century Rome
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 03, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199387274
Description: This title offers a new reading of the Satires of Juvenal, rediscovering the poet as a smart and scathing commentator on the cultural and political world of second-century Rome. The study is unified by the idea of Juvenal as an 'invisible satirist'. Previous studies have focused on the nature of his poetic persona, but this study argues that Juvenal creates no coherent character in his Satires. Rather, the satirist flaunts his ability to disguise his identity, to shift voices and provoke his audience with contradictory perspectives and ideas.
Notes: Source title: The Invisible Satirist: Juvenal and Second-Century Rome