The Arena of Satire: Juvenal's Search for Rome

by David H. J. Larmour

Overview

The Arena of Satire presents the satirist as flaneur traversing the streets of Rome in search of its authentic core—those distinctly Roman virtues that have disappeared amid the corruption of the age. What the vengeful, punishing satirist does to his victims, as Larmour shows, echoes what the Roman state did to outcasts and criminals in the arena of the Colosseum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806151564
Publisher:	University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date:	01/04/2016
Series:	Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture , #52
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: The Search for Rome 3

1 Satires from the Edge 54

2 Beyond the Pale 105

3 The Arena of Satire 163

4 Melting Down the House 231

Conclusion: The Plague of Satire 295

Bibliography 321

Index 343

Editorial Reviews

". . . .a sensitive study of Roman satire by a major critic in the field. . . . For those who like to loiter in Roman satire and afterlife, it will be a stimulating companion."--Journal of Roman Studies

". . . .a stimulating, thought-provoking book. . . .Juvenalian scholars will find much. . . .to stir their interest."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"David Larmour's . . . .new book reflects careful organization of well-percolated ideas and synthesis of much scholarship and theory."--The Classical Journal

"Each chapter connects logically to its successor advancing Larmour's analytical program through a meticulous dissection of the entirety of Juvenal's literary corpus. This appealing volume will certainly generate engaging scholarly conversation. Highly recommended."--Choice

"Engagingly written and offering many perceptive readings of Juvenal's excessive oeuvre. . . .The Arena of Satire repays close attention."--New England Classical Journal

"This sophisticated and beautifully written work offers a masterful reading of Juvenal and his world. In The Arena of Satire, Larmour visits and revisits the forking paths of the Roman labyrinth that Juvenal constructs."--Charles Platter, coauthor of Plato's Apology of Socrates: A Commentary

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