02861nam 2200649 a 450 99621784810331620230829005425.00-19-923793-X1-280-75598-997866107559810-19-153584-21-4294-2200-9(CKB)1000000000375213(EBL)737503(OCoLC)271577549(SSID)ssj0001145145(PQKBManifestationID)12502606(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145145(PQKBWorkID)11117002(PQKB)11424024(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073780(MiAaPQ)EBC737503(MiAaPQ)EBC7034989(Au-PeEL)EBL7034989(EXLCZ)99100000000037521320050823d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe function of humour in Roman verse satire[electronic resource] laughing and lying /Maria PlazaOxford Oxford University Press20061 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171273-6 0-19-928111-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-358) and indexes.Contents; A Note on Editions and Translations; INTRODUCTION; 1. OBJECT-ORIENTED HUMOUR; 2. HUMOUR DIRECTED AT THE PERSONA; 3. NON-ALIGNED HUMOUR; EPILOGUE: THE GENRE DEVOURS ITSELF; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General IndexMaria 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 onlysocio-ideological but also aesthetic, forming the ground for the curious, hybrid nature of Roman satire.Verse satire, LatinHistory and criticismHumorous poetry, LatinHistory and criticismLatin wit and humorHistory and criticismComic, The, in literatureVerse satire, LatinHistory and criticism.Humorous poetry, LatinHistory and criticism.Latin wit and humorHistory and criticism.Comic, The, in literature.871.0109Plaza Maria610464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996217848103316The function of humour in Roman verse satire2372321UNISA