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... .. 18 III . Juvenal's Use of Epic for Humorous Effect 46 IV . Serious Imitation of Epic ..... 91 V. Reasons for Juvenal's Use of Elements of the Grand Style ... . . 107 PREFACE It is evident even to the casual reader of.
... .. 18 III . Juvenal's Use of Epic for Humorous Effect 46 IV . Serious Imitation of Epic ..... 91 V. Reasons for Juvenal's Use of Elements of the Grand Style ... . . 107 PREFACE It is evident even to the casual reader of.
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... humorous exaggeration , as also in I , 4 , 140–1 , " cui si concedere nolis multa poetarum veniet manus ” . 17 Prologue to Satires , 1-7 . neque enim quivis horrentia pilis agmina nec fracta pereuntis cuspide 4 THE GRAND STYLE IN THE ...
... humorous exaggeration , as also in I , 4 , 140–1 , " cui si concedere nolis multa poetarum veniet manus ” . 17 Prologue to Satires , 1-7 . neque enim quivis horrentia pilis agmina nec fracta pereuntis cuspide 4 THE GRAND STYLE IN THE ...
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... humorous and could therefore not be called a device of the grand style , it is yet one of the most vivid pictures : da nunc et volucrem , sceptro quae surgit eburno , illinc cornicines , hinc praecedentia longi agminis officia et niveos ...
... humorous and could therefore not be called a device of the grand style , it is yet one of the most vivid pictures : da nunc et volucrem , sceptro quae surgit eburno , illinc cornicines , hinc praecedentia longi agminis officia et niveos ...
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... humorous effect by mock grandeur , making the whole ludicrous by its incongruity . This method of parodying grand style , a favorite method of Juvenal's , will be treated fully in a succeeding chapter . " In the same class with ...
... humorous effect by mock grandeur , making the whole ludicrous by its incongruity . This method of parodying grand style , a favorite method of Juvenal's , will be treated fully in a succeeding chapter . " In the same class with ...
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... humorously , to give an exag- gerated picture of the confusion of the street . The metaphor which Juvenal puts into the mouth of the reprobate : festinat enim decurrere velox flosculus angustae miseraeque brevissima vitae portio , is ...
... humorously , to give an exag- gerated picture of the confusion of the street . The metaphor which Juvenal puts into the mouth of the reprobate : festinat enim decurrere velox flosculus angustae miseraeque brevissima vitae portio , is ...
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