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HOME | Definition of juvenalian satire (JUVENALIAN SATIRE, Juvenalian satire)

  • Harsher, more pointed, perhaps intolerant satire typified by the writings of Juvenal. Juvenalian satire often attacks particular people, sometimes ...
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  • After the Roman satirist Juvenal: Formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation Juvenalian satire in its realism and its harshness is in strong contrast to Horatian satire.
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  • Juvenalian satire is one of two types of formal satire (the other being Horatian satire) characterized primarily by contempt and invective. It is named after the Roman poet Juvenal who employed this style in his satires.
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