Memory and mourning : studies on Roman death /

This book explores the themes of memory and mourning from the Roman deathbed to the Roman cemetery, drawing subject matter from the literature, art, and archaeology of ancient Rome. It brings together scholarship on varied aspects of Roman death, investigating connections between ancient poetry, his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hope, Valerie M., 1968-, Huskinson, Janet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2011.
Temas:
Death > Social aspects > Rome > History.
Memory > Social aspects > Rome > History.
Mourning customs > Rome > History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Rome > History.
Death in literature.
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Death in art.
Architecture and society > Rome > History.
Mort > Aspect social > Rome > Histoire.
Deuil > Coutumes > Rome > Histoire.
Mort dans la littérature.
Littérature latine > Histoire et critique.
Mort dans l'art.
Architecture et société > Rome > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Antiquities
Architecture and society
Death in art
Death in literature
Death > Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Latin literature
Manners and customs
Memory > Social aspects
Mourning customs
History.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Antiquities.
Rome > Antiquités.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book explores the themes of memory and mourning from the Roman deathbed to the Roman cemetery, drawing subject matter from the literature, art, and archaeology of ancient Rome. It brings together scholarship on varied aspects of Roman death, investigating connections between ancient poetry, history and oratory and placing these alongside archaeological and textual evidence for Roman funerary and commemorative rituals. A series of case studies centred on individual authors and/or specific aspects of ritual behaviour, traces the story of Roman death: how the inhabitants of the Roman world confronted their mortality, disposed of the dead, remembered the dead and praised the dead, thereby enhancing our understanding of Roman society.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781842175514
1842175513

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