The Commerce of War : Exchange and Social Order in Latin Epic /

Latin epics such as Virgil's Aeneid, Lucan's Civil War, and Statius's Thebaid addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. In The Commerce of War, Neil Coffee argues that these exchanges play a central yet overloo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coffee, Neil (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2009]
Temas:
Negotiation > Rome.
Reciprocity (Commerce) > Rome.
War in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
war, epic writings, legends, literature, literary works, criticism, classics, classical, latin, social order, society, structures, exchange, aeneid, virgil, lucan, statius, thebaid, roman, rome, ancient, gifts, favors, payments, forms of interaction, aristocrats, aristocratic, elites, reciprocal, reciprocation, reciprocity, customs, humanity, human interactions, traditional values, commercialism, empire, negotiation, aeneas, caesar.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Reciprocity in Crisis: Vergil's Aeneid
  • Part Two: The Triumph of Venality: Lucan's Civil War
  • Part Three: Conspicuous Consumption: Statius's Thebaid
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Cited Passages

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