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Writing exile : the discourse of displacement in Greco-Roman antiquity and beyond /
Exile and displacement are central topics in classical literature. Previous research has been mostly biographical and has focused on the three most prominent exiles: Cicero, Ovid, and Seneca. By shifting focus to a discourse of exile and displacement in early Greek poetry, Greek historiography, Cyni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
283. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Exile and displacement are central topics in classical literature. Previous research has been mostly biographical and has focused on the three most prominent exiles: Cicero, Ovid, and Seneca. By shifting focus to a discourse of exile and displacement in early Greek poetry, Greek historiography, Cynicism, consolatory literature, Latin epic, Greek literature of the empire, and Medieval Latin literature, the present volume questions the notion of a distinct, psychologically conditioned 'genre' or 'mode' of exile literature. It shows how ancient and medieval authors perceive and present their exile according to pre-existent literary paradigms, style themselves or others as 'typical' exiles, and employ 'exile' as a powerful trope to express estrangement, elicit readerly sympathy, and question political power structures. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 294 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047418948 9047418948 1281458015 9781281458018 9786611458010 6611458018 904742543X 9789047425434 |