Satires (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Juvenal
- First Published: 1693
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Satire, Poetry
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Marriage, Poetry or poets, Ethics, Wealth, Greek or Roman times, Rome
Critical Evaluation:
Juvenal is one of the greatest satirists and moralists of the world. Examination of the poet’s influence on writers of generations succeeding his own bears out such an assessment. Often imitated, and even more frequently quoted, Juvenal has been venerated as one of the great practitioners of satire and one of the most penetrating commentators on the human condition.
The reaction to Juvenal has not been universally laudatory. More than one commentator has objected to his seemingly unmitigating attack on the evils of his age; his undisguised misogyny...
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Juvenal (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Juvenal (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)Juvenal (Dictionary of World Biography)
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