
Recognizing Persius
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The book explores the foundations of Roman satire as a performance genre: from the dinner-party recitals of Lucilius, the founder of the genre, through Horace, to Persius's more intense and inward dramatic monologues. Reckford argues that despite satire's significant public function, Persius wrote his pieces first and mainly for himself. Reckford also provides the context for Persius's life and work: his social responsibilities as a landowner; the interplay between his life, his Stoic philosophy, and his art; and finally, his incomplete struggle to become an honest and decent human being. Bringing the modern reader to a closer and more nuanced acquaintance with Persius's work, Recognizing Persius reinstates him to the ranks of the first-rate satirists, alongside Horace and Juvenal.
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PROLOGUE: In Search of Persius 1
CHAPTER ONE: Performing Privately 16
"Who'll read this stuff?" (Satire 1) 17
"In Different Voices" 21
Performing satire (1): Lucilius 25
Performing satire (2): Horace 32
Three Bad Performances 39
Persius's Return to the Colors 46
Appendix: The Choliambics 52
CHAPTER TWO: Seeking Integrity 56
Hypocrisy and Self-Deception (Satire 2) 57
Called to Virtue (Satire 3) 63
Where Horace Left Off 68
Division Problems 77
Autobiographical Fragments 82
Images of Dissolution 87
Recomposing a Life 91
Appendix: Epictetus, Diatribe, and Persius 96
CHAPTER THREE: Exploring Freedom 102
Shadows of Falsehood (Satire 4) 103
Modes of Disclosure (Satire 5) 108
"Every Fool a Slave" 118
Another Dissident Under Nero 124
CHAPTER FOUR: Life, Death, and Art 130
Between Volterra and Rome 131
The Land, the Sea, and the Heir (Satire 6) 136
Reading the libellus: Children and Grown-ups 144
Recognizing Persius 151
EPILOGUE: From Persius to Juvenal 161
NOTES 181
BIBLIOGRAPHY 219
GENERAL INDEX 233
INDEX LOCORUM 237
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