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Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.:.; Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars.; Features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyric...

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Group Author: Prag, J. R. W; Repath, Ian
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Petronius Arbiter > Criticism and interpretation
Petronius Arbiter
Petronius <Arbiter>
Satyrica
Satire, Latin > History and criticism
Satire, Latin
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM > General
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444306064
Summary: Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.:.; Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars.; Features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyricon studies by exploring the novel's literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception.; Supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9781405156875 (Cloth)
1405156872 (Cloth)
9781444306071 (electronic bk.)
1444306073 (electronic bk.)
9781444306064
1444306065
9781405197960 (electronic bk.)
140519796X (electronic bk.)
Index Number: PA6561
CLC: I109.2
Contents: Reading the Satyrica / Niall W. Slater -- Petronius and Greek Literature / J.R. Morgan -- Petronius and the Roman literary tradition / Costas Panayotakis -- Letting the page run on : poetics, rhetoric, and noise in the Satyrica / Victoria Rimell -- Sex in the Satyrica : outlaws in literatureland / Amy Richlin -- The Satyrica and Neronian culture / Caroline Vout -- Freedmen in the Satyrica / Jean Andreau -- A funny thing happened on my way to the market : reading Petronius to write economic history / Koenraad Verboven -- At home with the dead : Roman funeral traditions and Trimalchio's tomb /

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