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The politics of Latin literature : writing, identity, and empire in ancient Rome /

This is the first book to describe the intimate relationship between Latin literature and the politics of ancient Rome. Until now, most scholars have viewed classical Latin literature as a product of aesthetic concerns. Thomas Habinek shows, however, that literature was also a cultural practice that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Habinek, Thomas N., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Latin Literature and the Problem of Rome
  • Why Was Latin Literature Invented?
  • Cicero and the Bandits
  • Culture Wars in the First Century B.C.E.
  • Writing as Social Performance
  • Roman Women's Useless Knowledge
  • An Aristocracy of Virtue
  • Pannonia Domanda Est: The Construction of the Imperial Subject through Ovid's Poetry from Exile.