This is a critical appreciation of 10 examining it on its own and in the context of the fourth book. It addresses the issues of distortion and problematizing, and also covers style, sound, diction, intertextuality, humour, wit and irony. It shows that Juvenal is an accomplished poet and provocative satirist.

This is not a commentary on Juvenal Satire 10 but a critical appreciation of the poem which examines it on its own and in context and tries to make it come alive as a piece of literature, offering one man’s close reading of Satire 10 as poetry, and concerned with literary criticism rather than philological minutiae. In line with the recent broadening of insight into Juvenal’s writing this book often addresses the issues of distortion and problematizing and covers style, sound and diction as well. Much time is also devoted to intertextuality and to humour, wit and irony. Building on the...