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 | #2983304 in Books |  Ferriss Hill Jennifer L |  2015-03-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.75 x5.98l,.0 | File type: PDF | 314 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A CLASSIC STUDY OF COMEDY|By Cate|As someone who is interested in classics, but by no means an expert, I found this book very interesting. Ferriss-Hill clearly explains her argument for the origins of Roman Satire in a way that is digestible for someone without a ph.d., yet I'm sure would convince the holders of such a degree. I appreciated the way she broke down passages for m| |'This is a thought-provoking book, useful for scholars of Roman Satire and those interested in Roman reception of Greek literature more generally.' Erin K. Moodie, Purdue University, Indiana|About the Author|Jennifer L. Fe

Quintilian famously claimed that satire was tota nostra, or totally ours, but this innovative volume demonstrates that many of Roman Satire's most distinctive characteristics derived from ancient Greek Old Comedy. Jennifer L. Ferriss-Hill analyzes the writings of Lucilius, Horace, and Persius, highlighting the features that they crafted on the model of Aristophanes and his fellow poets: the authoritative yet compromised author; the self-referential discussions of poetics...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Roman Satire and the Old Comic Tradition   |  Jennifer L. Ferriss-Hill. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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