Author: Van Rooy, C. A.
Title: Studies in Classical Satire and Related Literary Theory
Description: Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1966. Reprint. orig.cloth. 22x14cm, x,229 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: The locus classicus: Satura: Derivation, meaning & extension of connnotation in pre-literary usage; Quintus Ennius & the founding of a literary genre; Latin Satura: from Miscellaneous Poems to Satire; The satirical elements in Greek literature; Satura Quidem Tota Nostra Est: The meaning of Quintillian's dictum; Satura and Satyroi: The development of Greek Satyr-drama & the rapprochement of literary terms; Latin satire, Greek Satyr-drama & Attic Old Comedy in literary theory & terminology; The climax of confusion in the literary theory.

Keywords: Classical Philology, Greek Literature, Literary History, Criticism, Drama, Satire, , ,