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The Knotted Thong
Structures of Mimesis in Persius

D. M. Hooley



A much-needed study of allusion in the complex works of Persius

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Praise for the Book

". . . indispensable for any serious study of Persius."
--Cedric Littlewood, Phoenix

"This substantial new reading of Persius is the product of concentrated and mature critical reflection through a couple of decades; the writing is studied, elaborately turned, eve overcooked; in a word, this intelligent book has heart."
--John Henderson, King's College, Cambridge, The Classical Review, 1999

"Hooley's book is rugged and difficult, like his author. It is also the most important critical study of Persius since Bramble's Persius and the Programmatic Satire (1974). I recommend it strongly to 'ears that have been steamed open' by the study of Roman or later satire."
--Kenneth J. Reckford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, American Journal of Philology, Summer 1999

"Daniel Hooley knows Persius well, and he has drawn intelligently on the scholarly tradition from the seventeenth century to the present; he has written a valuable study of Persius that, while concentrating on the issue of Persius' relationship to his literary models (principally Horace), has a great deal to offer on Persius as a whole. . . . Hooley's book serves as an excellent introduction to the pleasures and difficulties of reading Persius, whom he treats with affection as well as intelligence."
--James E. G. Zetzel, Columbia University

"Hooley offers a detailed, subtle, and engaging analysis of these poems [from the young poet Persius] to show a coherence hitherto unrecognized and a more complex degree of engagement with the satirical tradition (especially Horace) than previous studies have indicated. . . . Hooley provides a refreshing new perspective on these difficult poems."
--Choice

"[Hooley] is a very good and sympathetic reader of a difficult poet. . . . [He] has an impressive knowledge of the literature on Persius: it is a pleasure to find a critic who makes intelligent use of Casaubon and Dryden as well as of more recent scholarship. Hooley's book serves as an excellent introduction to the pleasures and difficulties of reading Persius, whom he treats with affection as well as intelligence."
--James E. G. Zetzel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review