The Politics of Latin Literature : Writing, Identity, and Empire in Ancient Rome /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Habinek, Thomas N., 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politique et litterature > Rome.
Litterature latine > Histoire et critique.
Imperialisme > Dans la litterature.
Imperialisme.
Elites.
Romeinse oudheid.
Latijn.
Letterkunde.
Politics and literature.
Latin literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Authorship > Political aspects.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Identite collective dans la litterature.
Art d'ecrire > Aspect politique > Rome.
Politics and literature > Rome.
Authorship > Political aspects > Rome.
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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