| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations |
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Classical Literature and Society |
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Classical literature and society.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Qualis et unde genus? Sextus Propertius, His Friends and Relations; 2. Insano uerba tonare Foro: Propertian Elegy and Roman Rhetoric; 3. Callimachus Romanus: Propertius' Elegiac Poetics; 4. Cynthia rara: Propertius and the Elegiac Traffic in Women; 5. Hos inter si me ponere Fama uolet: Between Men; 6. Nequitiae caput: Propertian Elegy and Imperial Leisure; Notes; Bibliography; Index Locorum; A; C; D; E; G; H; I; M; O; P; Q; S; T; V; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V |
| Summary |
In Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure, Alison Keith explores Propertius'' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics (such genre theory, poetic models, the girlfriend, the rival) and the poet''s social context within the early Augustan principate (such as Roman imperialism, the elite male cursus honorum, Augustus'' building projects) she offers a synthetic overview of Propertius'' achievement in his four books of elegies. She considers the neglected relationship of rhetoric to Propertian elegiac poetics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 9, 2014) |
| Subject |
Propertius, Sextus -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Propertius, Sextus fast |
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Elegiac poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Literature and society -- Rome
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Elegiac poetry, Latin
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Literature and society
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849667678 |
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1849667675 |
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