Product Description

Satire was a genre of poetry invented and developed by the Romans. When it came into Juvenal’s hands, he stamped his mark upon it: indignation. His angry voice had an overwhelming influence upon later European satirists and persists in modern forms of satire. In this new commentary, Susanna Morton Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and illuminates his appropriation of the ‘grand style’ of declamatory rhetoric and epic poetry for his indignant persona in Satires 1–5, including the notorious second Satire. The commentary on each of the Satires is followed by an essay which offers an interpretation of the poem, including a synthesis of recent critical thought. These essays, together with the overview in the Introduction, present the first integrated reading of Book I as an organic structure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #375632 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 332 pages

Review
‘… well-balanced and easy to consult … recommended not only to established scholars of Roman literature but also to students reading Juvenal.’ ARCTOS

Customer Reviews

incomplete
This book doesn't contain all of Juvenal book 1, only the first 5 satires (although I'm relying on a very old Loeb which I'm in the process of replacing, so maybe the books' lengths have changed). It's difficult Latin; the commentary gives a lot of linguistic help, but I remember this makes for a very slow, tough reading process, which isn't really Braund's fault. But something I didn't like is that Braund discusses each satire separately, so that they just seem to be left floating. A summary chapter seems to be lacking - it would have anchored everything down. All in all then, this book doesn't really draw you in - it's a cold and dry piece of academia, with academic value, but unwelcoming.