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Plaza Maria

The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying

Oxford University Press,2008,

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Author
Plaza Maria
Publishers
Oxford University Press,2008
Keyword
Classica Ancient Rome Greece
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo, br,ed. 384pp. Maria Plaza sets out to analyse the function of humour in the Roman satirists Horace, Persius, and Juvenal. Her starting point is that satire is driven by two motives, which are to a certain extent opposed: to display humour, and to promote a serious moral message. She argues that, while the Roman satirist needs humour for his work's aesthetic merit, his proposed message suffers from the ambivalence that humour brings with it. Her analysis shows that this paradox is not only socio-ideological but also aesthetic, forming the ground for the curious, hybrid nature of Roman satire.