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The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire - Laughing and Lying (Hardcover, New)
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The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire - Laughing and Lying (Hardcover, New)
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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 only socio-ideological but also aesthetic,
forming the ground for the curious, hybrid nature of Roman satire.
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