Title Catullus, Cicero, and a society of patrons : the generation of the text / Sarah Culpepper Stroup

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 308 pages) Contents Introduction -- I. How to write about writing : intersections of terminology and social code : when, what, and where. When? Otium as 'time to write' -- What? Munus as the 'gift of duty' -- Where? Libellus : polished and published -- II. The textualization of display : intersections of rhetoric and social practice (I) : from display to text. The problem with liberal performance -- From public display to textual display -- The poetics of literary obligation -- III. The materialization of the text : intersections of rhetoric and social practice (2) : the dedicated text as "acting object" -- An object of Catullan affection -- Brutus : the dialogic personification of the Republican voice -- Epilogue -- Appendix : What "society of patrons"? A prosopography of the players Summary "This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly "late Republican" sociotextual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined "literary"--World that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarization ofCatullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socioliterary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the sociotextual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. SUBJECT Catullus, Gaius Valerius fast Cicero, Marcus Tullius fast Catullus, Gaius Valerius. idsbb Cicero, Marcus Tullius. idsbb Cicero, Marcus Tullius. idszbz Catull. idszbz Cicero, Marcus Tullius. swd Catullus, Gaius Valerius. swd Subject Language and culture -- Rome HISTORY -- Ancient. Intellectual life Language and culture Manners and customs Textproduktion Lateinische Literatur -- Geschichte Republik. Textproduktion. littérature latine -- texte -- théorie -- époque républicaine romaine -- 1er s. av. J.-C. littérature latine -- vie intellectuelle -- vie sociale -- Rome -- époque républicaine romaine -- 1er s. av. J.-C. création -- littérature latine -- société (milieu humain) -- Rome -- époque républicaine romaine -- 1er s. av. J.-C. création -- littérature -- Cicéron -- Rome. création -- littérature -- Catulle -- Rome. SUBJECT Rome -- Social life and customs Rome -- Intellectual life Subject Rome (Empire) Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511729362 0511729367 9780511726064 0511726066 9780511724657 0511724659 9780511730177 0511730179

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