The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire

作者：  Kirk Freudenburg　著

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2005-5-1

简介：　　Satire as a distinct genre of writing was first developed bythe Romans in the second century BCE. Regarded by them as uniquely'their own', satire held a special place in the Roman imaginationas the one genre that could address the problems of city life fromthe perspective of a 'real Roman'. In this Cambridge Companion aninternational team of scholars provides a stimulating introductionto Roman satire's core practitioners and practices, placing themwithin the contexts of Greco-Roman literary and political history.Besides addressing basic questions of authors, content, and form,the volume looks to the question of what satire 'does' within theworld of Greco-Roman social exchanges, and goes on to treat thegenre's further development, reception, and translation inElizabethan England and beyond. Included are studies of theprosimetric, 'Menippean' satires that would become the models ofRabelais, Erasmus, More, and (narrative satire's crowning jewel)Swift.