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A critical study of Persius' poetic aims, aversions and techniques, based mainly on an extended analysis of Satires I. John Bramble shows how Persius' discontent with conventional literary language led him to compress the existing satiric idiom and create a powerful individual style.Bramble, J. C. is the author of 'Persius and the Programmatic Satire' with ISBN 9780521087032 and ISBN 0521087031.
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