In the flesh : embodied identities in Roman elegy /

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In the Flesh deeply engages postmodern and new materialist feminist thought in close readings of three significant poets-Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid-writing in the early years of Rome's Augustan Principate. In their poems, they represent the flesh-and-blood body in both its integrity and vul...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zimmermann Damer, Erika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]
Series:Wisconsin studies in classics.
Subjects:
Elegiac poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Love poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Poésie élégiaque latine > Histoire et critique.
Poésie d'amour latine > Histoire et critique.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Elegiac poetry, Latin
Human body in literature
Love poetry, Latin
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Embodied Selves and the Body in Elegy; Part 1: Our Bodies, Ourselves; 1. Embodied Identity and the Scripta Puella in Propertius; 2. Tibullan Embodiments: Slaves, Soldiers, and the Body as Costume; 3. The Body in Bad Faith: Gender and Embodiment in the Amores; Part 2: Blood, Sex, and Tears: Problems of Embodiment in Roman Elegy; 4. Naked Selves: Sex, Violence, and Embodied Identities; 5. Body Talk: Cynthia Speaks; 6. Not the Elegiac Ideal: Gendering Blood, Wounds, and Gore in Roman Love Elegy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index Locorum; Index

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