William T. Wehrle
William T. Wehrle received a BA from the University of the Pacific and a PhD from the University of Southern California. Wehrle is the author of The Satiric Voice: Program, Form and Meaning in Persius and Juvenal (Olms-Weidmann, 1992) and coeditor with William J. Dominik of Roman Verse Satire: Lucilius to Juvenal (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2000).
Books by William T. Wehrle
Roman Verse Satire: Lucilius to Juvenal: A Selection with an Introduction, Text, Translations, and Notes
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Satura quidem tota nostra est Satire is altogether ours was the claim of the Roman Quintilian, the first century C.E. commentator on rhetorical and literary matters, for the literary world had not previously seen the likes of satire. Not for the faint of heart, satire is characterized by its wide-ranging themes, its tone that is sometimes humorous and distinctively biting, and its undeniable perspicacity. As an antidote to life's frustrations and human foibles, satire is the undisputed queen of genres.
