Neo-Latin Verse Satire, ca. 1500-1800: An Ethical Approach

Within the framework of reading satire as ethical instruction in poetic form, this book aims to give a thematically focused examination of the still largely unstudied literary history of neo-Latin verse satire written ca. 1500–1800.

 

Contents:

Introduction: Sermones on Mores

Chapter 1. Programmatic Beginnings: Justif ing Satirical Indignation

Chapter 2. Fathers and Sons: Satirical Tutorials on Life

Chapter 3. How to Be Calm: Ethical Reflections on Poverty and Tranquillity of Mind

Chapter 4. Cures and Incurables: Medical Satire

Chapter 5. Prophetic Floods: Post-Edenic Reality in Religious Satire

Chapter 6. Satirical Exemplarity and the Affective Language of Moral Monuments

Chapter 7. Leaving the Countryside: Ironic Lessons on Conrenrment

Conclusions on the Limits of Satire

Bibliography

Index nominum