Juvenal—Misogynist or Misogamist?

Abstract

Juvenal is charged with misogyny. The evidence brought against him is Satire 6. A secondary charge is that of unstructured composition. This paper will attempt to show that the case is unfounded. My contention is that the poem is shaped by contemporary discourses about marriage, in particular the treatment of marriage in rhetoric. The understanding of the poem's ideological grounding thus gained will provide a basis for exploring the complex interrelationship of author, speaker, addressee, and audience in the poem.

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Susanna Morton Braund (1992). Juvenal—Misogynist or Misogamist?. The Journal of Roman Studies. https://doi.org/10.2307/301285

@article{morton1992juvenalmisogynist,
  title  = {Juvenal—Misogynist or Misogamist?},
  author = {Braund, Susanna Morton},
  year   = {1992},
  journal = {The Journal of Roman Studies},
  doi    = {10.2307/301285}
}

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