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The Roman Satirists and Their Masks

The Roman Satirists and Their Masks

Paperback

Series: Classical World

LatinLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1853991392
ISBN13: 9781853991394
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jan 1 1998
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.44 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Starting from the conviction that Latin literature gains from being viewed as performance, the author sees the creation of different characters or masks in Latin literature as a result of the Greco-Roman training in rhetoric. She treats the texts of Roman satire as drama and focuses on the characters whose voices are heared in these performances: the angry satirist, the mocking satirist and the smiling satirist. She goes on to explore the implications of the use of these masks for authors and audiences of satire.

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