A critical study of Persius' poetic aims, aversions and techniques, based mainly on an extended analysis of Satires I. John Bramble shows how Persius' discontent with conventional literary language led him to compress the existing satiric idiom and create a powerful individual style. The a...

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Main Author:	Bramble, J. C. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1974
Series:	Cambridge classical studies
Subjects:	Persius / Literary style Persius Flaccus, Aulus > 34-62 Persius Flaccus, Aulus > 34-62 > Saturae Geschichte Verse satire, Latin / History and criticism Latin language / Figures of speech Literary form / History / To 1500 Rom Rome / In literature
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	A critical study of Persius' poetic aims, aversions and techniques, based mainly on an extended analysis of Satires I. John Bramble shows how Persius' discontent with conventional literary language led him to compress the existing satiric idiom and create a powerful individual style. The author situates Persius' work in the tradition of Roman satire, and shows how he takes the concepts and metaphors of literary criticism back to their physical origins, to indict moral and literary decadence through a series of images connected with, for example, gluttony and sexual excess. This is a model study of a classical text, which makes consistent sense of a difficult and subtle manner, and answers questions posed by the potentially constricting nature of Roman poetic form. It also reconstructs the referential framework of ideas and associations upon which a sophisticated writer addressing a discriminating audience could draw
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages)
ISBN:	9781107297913
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107297913