“This sophisticated and beautifully written work offers a masterful reading of Juvenal and his world. In The Arena of Satire, Larmour visits and revisits the forking paths of the Roman labyrinth that Juvenal constructs.”—Charles Platter, coauthor of Plato’s Apology of Socrates: A Commentary "Each chapter connects logically to its successor advancing Larmour's analytical program through a meticulous dissection of the entirety of Juvenal's literary corpus. This appealing volume will certainly generate engaging scholarly conversation. Highly recommended."—Choice "Engagingly written and offering many perceptive readings of Juvenal's excessive oeuvre. . . .The Arena of Satire repays close attention."—New England Classical Journal ". . . .a sensitive study of Roman satire by a major critic in the field. . . . For those who like to loiter in Roman satire and afterlife, it will be a stimulating companion."—Journal of Roman Studies "David Larmour's . . . .new book reflects careful organization of well-percolated ideas and synthesis of much scholarship and theory."—The Classical Journal ". . . .a stimulating, thought-provoking book. . . .Juvenalian scholars will find much. . . .to stir their interest."—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

“This sophisticated and beautifully written work offers a masterful reading of Juvenal and his world. In The Arena of Satire, Larmour visits and revisits the forking paths of the Roman labyrinth that Juvenal constructs.”—Charles Platter, coauthor of Plato’s Apology of Socrates: A Commentary "Each chapter connects logically to its successor advancing Larmour's analytical program through a meticulous dissection of the entirety of Juvenal's literary corpus. This appealing volume will certainly generate engaging scholarly conversation. Highly recommended."—Choice "Engagingly written and offering many perceptive readings of Juvenal's excessive oeuvre. . . .The Arena of Satire repays close attention."—New England Classical Journal ". . . .a sensitive study of Roman satire by a major critic in the field. . . . For those who like to loiter in Roman satire and afterlife, it will be a stimulating companion."—Journal of Roman Studies "David Larmour's . . . .new book reflects careful organization of well-percolated ideas and synthesis of much scholarship and theory."—The Classical Journal ". . . .a stimulating, thought-provoking book. . . .Juvenalian scholars will find much. . . .to stir their interest."—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

“This sophisticated and beautifully written work offers a masterful reading of Juvenal and his world. In The Arena of Satire, Larmour visits and revisits the forking paths of the Roman labyrinth that Juvenal constructs.”—Charles Platter, coauthor of Plato’s Apology of Socrates: A Commentary "Each chapter connects logically to its successor advancing Larmour's analytical program through a meticulous dissection of the entirety of Juvenal's literary corpus. This appealing volume will certainly generate engaging scholarly conversation. Highly recommended."—Choice "Engagingly written and offering many perceptive readings of Juvenal's excessive oeuvre. . . .The Arena of Satire repays close attention."—New England Classical Journal ". . . .a sensitive study of Roman satire by a major critic in the field. . . . For those who like to loiter in Roman satire and afterlife, it will be a stimulating companion."—Journal of Roman Studies "David Larmour's . . . .new book reflects careful organization of well-percolated ideas and synthesis of much scholarship and theory."—The Classical Journal ". . . .a stimulating, thought-provoking book. . . .Juvenalian scholars will find much. . . .to stir their interest."—Bryn Mawr Classical Review