Title Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (258 pages) Series Classical culture and society Classical culture and society. Contents Introduction; 1. Between Respect and Shame: Verecundia and the Art of Social Worry; 2. Fifty Ways to Feel Your Pudor; 3. The Structure of Paenitentia and the Egoism of Regret; 4. Invidia Is One Thing, Invidia Quite Another; 5. The Dynamics of Fastidium and the Ideology of Disgust; 6. Epilogue-Being "Wholly" Roman; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Authors and Works; Index of Subjects and Persons Summary Examines the ways in which emotions, and talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. This book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation, and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index Notes Print version record Subject Latin literature -- History and criticism Emotions in literature. Literature and society -- Rome Ethics, Ancient, in literature. Self-control in literature. Upper class in literature. Communities in literature. Upper class -- Rome Communities in literature Emotions in literature Ethics, Ancient, in literature Latin literature Literature Literature and society Self-control in literature Upper class Upper class in literature SUBJECT Rome -- In literature Subject Rome (Empire) Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781602569287 1602569282 9780199789283 0199789282

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