The function of humour in Roman verse satire [[electronic resource] ] : laughing and lying / / Maria Plaza

• Autore: Plaza Maria
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 871.0109
• Soggetto topico: Verse satire, Latin - History and criticism; Humorous poetry, Latin - History and criticism; Latin wit and humor - History and criticism; Comic, The, in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-358) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Maria 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The function of humour in Roman verse satire
• ISBN: 0-19-923793-X; 1-280-75598-9; 9786610755981; 0-19-153584-2; 1-4294-2200-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217848103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno