The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying

The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire (2006)......Page 1
ISBN: 9780199281114......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
--> Contents......Page 10
A Note on Editions and Translations......Page 11
THE FUNCTION OF HUMOUR IN ROMAN SATIRE......Page 12
SURVEY OF HUMOUR THEORIES......Page 17
SURVEY OF CRITICAL LITERATURE ON HUMOUR IN ROMAN SATIRE......Page 24
Inventories......Page 25
Categorizations......Page 26
Developing meta-literary comments in the satires......Page 29
Focusing on the technical quality......Page 30
Reading against the grain......Page 31
Highlighting contradiction......Page 32
A NOTE ON AUTHOR AND PERSONA......Page 33
THE PARADOXES OF SATIRE, AS MAPPED BY ALVIN KERNAN......Page 34
PROGRAMMATIC STATEMENTS ON HUMOUR IN ROMAN SATIRE......Page 38
PROGRAMMATIC JOKES: THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF AMBIGUITY......Page 48
Horace......Page 50
Persius......Page 53
Juvenal......Page 57
Lucilius......Page 61
THE PRINCIPLE OF MOCKERY FROM BELOW......Page 64
Simulated mockery from below in Roman satire......Page 67
Punning on ‘reges’—how to kill kings without hurting anyone (1.2; 1.3; 1.7)......Page 68
Deconstructing the enemy you have built up (1.8)......Page 77
The satirical sequel to the epic conversation between Odysseus and Teiresias (2.5)......Page 83
Satire’s metaphor: the spectacle of a falling curtain (2.8)......Page 88
Lowered subject......Page 92
The voice from the groin (1.2)......Page 94
Passing down the megaphone—the role of secondary personae......Page 99
Swollen objects......Page 101
Inflating the bodies of men and poems (P. 1)......Page 103
‘Podgy exploding’ and other horror humour (P. 3)......Page 105
Enlargement and multiplication of the enemy in P. 5 and P. 6......Page 107
Laying it on thick: detached fat in P. 2......Page 111
Persius’ recipe for satura—fatter and heavier......Page 112
Piercing subject......Page 114
The device as image: depictions of looking up at the satiric object......Page 116
‘Vincant divitiae’—money conquers aristocracy......Page 125
Fortune, the enemy of order......Page 136
A resisting reading of Juvenal’s women......Page 138
‘Juvenal’ attacking cinaedi . . .......Page 166
. . . and one cinaedus talking back......Page 170
2 - Humour Directed at the Persona......Page 178
Horace......Page 182
Persius......Page 190
Juvenal......Page 196
HORACE: PROFITABLE SELF-IRONY......Page 200
A lowly character for a low genre......Page 201
Poverty . . . in things not worth having......Page 209
Low birth . . . for barking from below......Page 212
Laziness . . . in Maecenas’ shade......Page 215
Wearing the satyric mask of Socrates......Page 219
No answer to accusations of lust......Page 222
Harsh self-humour: the mocker mocked......Page 224
PERSIUS’ SPLITTING SELF......Page 232
Who is speaking in P. 3?......Page 233
Mild humour against ‘the higher self ’......Page 237
Harsh humour against ‘the lower self ’......Page 238
JUVENAL: TO LAUGH WITH HIM OR AT HIM?......Page 246
Horatian coquetry......Page 247
The case of Umbricius (J. 3)......Page 254
The case of ‘Juvenal’......Page 260
THE CONCEPT OF NON-ALIGNED HUMOUR IN SATIRE......Page 268
HORACE: OPTICAL GREY — THE BALANCE OF EXTREMES......Page 269
The sprinkles of non-aligned humour (1.5)......Page 273
Moralist or thief ? (1.1)......Page 279
Long dresses and Catia’s short one (1.2)......Page 281
Laughing at the Epicurean ideal: doting fathers and misbehaving friends (1.3)......Page 284
Always as peaceful as he claims? (1.4)......Page 290
How to praise your two diVerent fathers at once (1.6)......Page 294
The muddy authority of Lucilius (1.10)......Page 298
Mock-consultations: peace-loving violence and an unreliable seer (2.1; 2.5)......Page 301
Epicurean secondary personae: fat-headed Ofellus, silly Catius, and a mouse (2.2; 2.4; 2.6)......Page 304
Stoic secondary personae: Damasippus and Davus at the Saturnalia (2.3; 2.7)......Page 309
Canidia’s last breath (2.8)......Page 312
JUVENAL: OF MONSTERS GREAT AND SMALL — DESCRIBING A GROTESQUE WORLD......Page 316
Monsters loosely connected to the object: elephants, whales, and vegetables (J. 10; 11; 12; 15)......Page 324
Marginal monsterlings: Umbricius’ lizard, Virgil’s snakes, and the centaur’s tail (J. 3; 7)......Page 332
Positive monsters of the Golden Age (J. 6; 13; 14)......Page 336
Epilogue: The Genre Devours Itself......Page 349
EDITIONS, COMMENTARIES, AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE PRIMARY TEXTS......Page 353
GENERAL......Page 354
Index Locorum......Page 370
General Index......Page 378