03379nam 2200757Ia 450 991045166610332120200520144314.01-280-52567-30-19-802333-21-4294-0734-4(CKB)1000000000465872(EBL)272940(OCoLC)476013427(SSID)ssj0000160735(PQKBManifestationID)11161293(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160735(PQKBWorkID)10190677(PQKB)10688294(MiAaPQ)EBC272940(Au-PeEL)EBL272940(CaPaEBR)ebr10278940(CaONFJC)MIL52567(OCoLC)466428733(EXLCZ)99100000000046587219910708d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe garden of Priapus[electronic resource] sexuality and aggression in Roman humor /Amy RichlinRev. ed.New York Oxford University Press19921 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506873-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-294) and indexes.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. Roman Concepts of Obscenity; CHAPTER 2. The Erotic Ideal in Latin Literature and Contemporary Greek Epigram; CHAPTER 3. The Content and Workings of Roman Sexual Humor; CHAPTER 4. Graffiti, Gossip, Lampoons, and Rhetorical Invective; CHAPTER 5. Literature Based on Invective: Invective against Old Women, Priapic Poetry, and Epigram; CHAPTER 6. Catullus, Ovid, and the Art of Mockery; CHAPTER 7. Sexual Satire; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1. The Evidence on the Circumstances Surrounding Adultery at RomeAPPENDIX 2. The Circumstances of Male Homosexuality in Roman Society of the Late Republic and Early EmpireNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA; ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED; INDEX VERBORUM; GENERAL INDEXUsing literary and feminist methodology, this study argues that an attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defence served as a model for Roman satire. The author suggests that aggressive sexual humour reinforced Roman aggressive behaviour on both the individual and societal levels.Latin wit and humorHistory and criticismErotic poetry, LatinHistory and criticismAggressiveness in literatureSatire, LatinHistory and criticismPriapus (Greek deity) in literatureSex in literatureInvectiveRomeIn literatureElectronic books.Latin wit and humorHistory and criticism.Erotic poetry, LatinHistory and criticism.Aggressiveness in literature.Satire, LatinHistory and criticism.Priapus (Greek deity) in literature.Sex in literature.Invective.877.01093538877/.01093538Richlin Amy1951-299832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451666103321The garden of Priapus2469561UNINA