Textual Permanence : Roman Elegists and Epigraphic Tradition.

Textual Permanence is the first book to examine the influence of the Roman epigraphic tradition on Latin elegiac poetry. The frequent use of invented inscriptions within the works of Rome's elegiac poets suggests a desire to monumentalise elements of the poems and the authors themselves. This b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramsby, Teresa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Temas:
Elegiac poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Inscriptions in literature.
Inscriptions, Latin.
Poésie élégiaque latine > Histoire et critique.
Inscriptions latines.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Elegiac poetry, Latin
Inscriptions in literature
Inscriptions, Latin
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Textual Permanence is the first book to examine the influence of the Roman epigraphic tradition on Latin elegiac poetry. The frequent use of invented inscriptions within the works of Rome's elegiac poets suggests a desire to monumentalise elements of the poems and the authors themselves. This book explores inscriptional writing in the elegies of Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus and Ovid, showing that whenever an author includes an inscription within a poem, he draws the reader's attention beyond the text of the poem to include the cultural contexts in which such inscriptions were daily read and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9781472537799
1472537793

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