Walking muse, the: horace on the theory of satire
Auteur :
Freudenburg, Kirk
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691601991
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
395 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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 supe