Making mockery : the poetics of ancient satire / Ralph M. Rosen.
| Author/creator | Rosen, Ralph Mark |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xiii, 294 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Classical culture and society Classical culture and society. ^A602305 |
| Contents | The dynamics of ancient satirical poetry -- Two paradigms of mockery in Greek myth : Iambe and Demeter, Heracles and the Cercopes -- Where the blame lies : the question of Thersites -- Shifting perspectives of comic abjection : Odysseus and Polyphemus as figures of satire -- Satiric authenticity in Callimachus's iambi -- Mockery, self-mockery, and the didactic ruse : Juvenal, satires 9 and 5 -- Archilochus, Critias, and the poetics of abjection. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2006023216 |
| ISBN | 9780195309966 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195309960 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PA3022.S28 R67 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |