Engendering Rome : women in Latin epic /

Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keith, Alison
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Roman literature and its contexts.
Subjects:
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Rome.
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.
Women and literature > Rome > History.
Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Rome > Histoire.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > Rome.
Femmes dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Women and literature.
Frau > Motiv
Geschichte
Epos
Personages.
Vrouwen.
Epen.
Latijn.
Literatura latina (história e crítica)
Poesia épica.
Mulheres (influências) > Roma antiga.
Femmes > Dans la littérature.
Femmes > Rome > Histoire.
Femmes > Conditions sociales.
Rôle selon le sexe > Dans la littérature.
Épopées latines > Histoire et critique.
Rome (Empire)
Latein.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: gender and genre
  • 2. Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity
  • 3. The ground of representation
  • 4. Exordia pugnae: engendering war
  • 5. Over her dead body.

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