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The Hidden Author

Hardcover • 1997 • English

The Hidden Author

By Gian Biagio Conte

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About the book

The Satyricon of Petronius, a comic novel written in the first century A.D., is famous today primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." But this episode is only one part of the larger picture of life during Nero's rule presented in the work. In this accessible discussion of Petronius's masterful use of parody, Gian Biagio Conte offers an interpretation of the Satyricon as a whole. He combines the scholarly precision of close reading with a significant, original theoretical mod...Show more

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9780520207158

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

The Hidden Author

Format

Hardcover

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