Making men ridiculous : Juvenal and the anxieties of the individual / Christopher Nappa.

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Writing during the reign of emperors Trajan and Hadrian, Juvenal drew on Roman legend and the history of preceding imperial dynasties as a means of scrutinizing cultural upheavals in the Rome of his day. Tacky foreigners, the nouveaux riches, women who don't know their place, bloodthirsty--even craz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nappa, Christopher (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor, [Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Juvenal > Criticism and interpretation. Juvenal. Masculinity in literature. Anxiety in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	xii, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Juvenal and the anxieties of the individual
Format:	Book

Contents:

1. The failed satirist and the failed man
2. The body and the failure of autonomy
3. The dangers of debasement : manhood and class
4. A woman's world
5. Economies of manhood.