Beyond Anger
A Study of Juvenal's Third Book of Satires

This is an in-depth treatment of Juvenal's third book of Satires, which gives a welcome overview of the development of Juvenal's satiric output.

Susan H. Braund (Author)

9780521037440, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 July 2007

312 pages
21.5 x 13.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.413 kg

"It is to the credit of Braund that she has assimilated the scattered works and different methods of scholars since Highet and pulled their ideas together, with both originality and rigor....This is a basic work for all students of Juvenal." William S. Anderson, Phoenix

Beyond Anger is a detailed literary analysis of the three poems which make up Juvenal's third book of Satires (i.e. Satires 7, 8 and 9). Dr Braund pays particular attention to the satiric techniques Juvenal employs in this book, arguing that in Book III Juvenal uses a new, ironic persona, which makes his satire more indirect, subtle and double-edged than does the angry approach found in the earlier books. This is an in-depth treatment of Juvenal's third book of Satires, which has previously suffered neglect from scholars. It also gives a welcome overview of the development of Juvenal's satiric output.

Preface
1. Juvenal and anger
2. Satire 7: irony, a double-edged sword
3. Satire 8: moralist or nihilist?
Appendix to chapter 3: the theme of true nobility
4. Satire 9: ironist and victim
5. Book III: beyond anger, irony
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]