The Roman Satirists and Their Masks
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Roman Satirists and Their Masks
By (Author) Professor Susanna Braund
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bristol Classical Press
1st January 1998
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Literary studies: poetry and poets
871.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 139mm, Height 216mm, Spine 6mm
110g
Description
Starting from the conviction that Latin literature gains from being viewed as performance, the author sees the creation of different characters or "masks" in Latin literature as a result of the Greco-Roman training in rhetoric. She treats the texts of Roman satire as drama and focuses on the characters whose voices are heared in these performances: the angry satirist, the mocking satirist and the smiling satirist. She goes on to explore the implications of the use of these "masks" for authors and audiences of satire.
Author Bio
Susanna Morton Braund is Professor of Latin Poetry and Its Reception at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She has published extensively on Roman satire, Latin epic poetry and Seneca, including for Bloomsbury The Roman Satirists and Their Masks (1998).
