Within the framework of reading satire as ethical instruction in poetic form, this book aims to give a thematically focused examination of the still largely unstudied literary history of neo-Latin verse satire written ca. 1500–1800.

Contents:
Introduction: Sermones on Mores
Chapter 1. Programmatic Beginnings: Justif ing Satirical Indignation
Chapter 2. Fathers and Sons: Satirical Tutorials on Life
Chapter 3. How to Be Calm: Ethical Reflections on Poverty and Tranquillity of Mind
Chapter 4. Cures and Incurables: Medical Satire
Chapter 5. Prophetic Floods: Post-Edenic Reality in Religious Satire
Chapter 6. Satirical Exemplarity and the Affective Language of Moral Monuments
Chapter 7. Leaving the Countryside: Ironic Lessons on Conrenrment
Conclusions on the Limits of Satire
Bibliography
Index nominum.