Petronius
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Petronius

A Handbook

Jonathan R. W. Prag, Ian D. Repath, Jonathan R. W. Prag, Ian D. Repath

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Petronius

A Handbook

Jonathan R. W. Prag, Ian D. Repath, Jonathan R. W. Prag, Ian D. Repath

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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 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

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
ISBN
9781118556634
Edition
1
Topic
Literatur
Subtopic
Antike & klassische Literaturkritik

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Dedication
  5. Illustrations
  6. Contributors
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Reading the Satyrica
  11. 2 Petronius and Greek Literature
  12. 3 Petronius and the Roman Literary Tradition
  13. 4 Letting the Page Run On
  14. 5 Sex in the Satyrica
  15. 6 The Satyrica and Neronian Culture
  16. 7 Freedmen in the Satyrica
  17. 8 A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Market
  18. 9 At Home with the Dead
  19. 10 Freedmen’s Cribs
  20. 11 Petronius’s Satyrica and the Novel in English
  21. 12 Fellini-Satyricon
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index locorum
  24. General Index
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APA 6 Citation

[author missing]. (2012). Petronius (1st ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1013265/petronius-a-handbook-pdf (Original work published 2012)

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[author missing] (2012) Petronius. 1st edn. Wiley. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1013265/petronius-a-handbook-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

[author missing]. Petronius. 1st ed. Wiley, 2012. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.