9780198150770-0198150776-Writing Down Rome: Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry

Writing Down Rome: Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry

ISBN-13: 9780198150770
ISBN-10: 0198150776
Edition: 1
Author: John Henderson
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 250 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780198150770
ISBN-10: 0198150776
Edition: 1
Author: John Henderson
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 250 pages

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Writing Down Rome: Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry (ISBN-13: 9780198150770 and ISBN-10: 0198150776), written by authors John Henderson, was published by Oxford University Press in 1999. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Writing Down Rome: Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.31.

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Taking particular plays and poems from Roman comic theatre and the genre of Latin satire, this book finds Rome sending up Roman culture - making a mess of drama, jesting at rustic gaucherie, caricaturing the cult of masculine aggression. Writing Down Rome explores the robust poetic of self-denigration. Henderson's essays celebrate the energetic self-mockery that powers much of Roman poetry. They range widely over comedy, lyric, bucolic, and, in particular, the Roman speciality of satire.

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