The captor's image : Greek culture in Roman ecphrasis /

The first book-length treatment of artistic ecphrasis at Rome, 'The Captor's Image' resituates a major literary trope deep within its hybrid cultural context, and argues for ecphrasis as a cultural practice through which the Romans sought, over some four hundred years of their history...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dufallo, Basil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Classical culture and society.
Temas:
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Ekphrasis.
Greek literature > Influence.
Authors, Latin.
Art, Greek > Influence.
Civilization, Greco-Roman.
Littérature latine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature grecque > Influence.
Écrivains latins.
Civilisation gréco-romaine.
ekphrasis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Art, Greek > Influence
Authors, Latin
Civilization, Greco-Roman
Ekphrasis
Greek literature > Influence
Latin literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The first book-length treatment of artistic ecphrasis at Rome, 'The Captor's Image' resituates a major literary trope deep within its hybrid cultural context, and argues for ecphrasis as a cultural practice through which the Romans sought, over some four hundred years of their history, to redefine Romanness both with and against Greekness.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199344178
0199344175
0199332452
9780199332458
9781299600928
1299600921

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