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UNINA9910455822203321 |
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Autore |
Bowditch Phebe Lowell <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage [[electronic resource]] |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92589-0 |
1-59734-661-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Horace and the gift economy of patronage |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authors and patrons in literature |
Horace-- Knowledge-- Economics |
Rome - Social life and customs |
Authors and patrons - Rome |
Authors and patrons in literature - Rome |
Patron and client - Rome |
Literary patrons |
Gifts in literature |
Gifts (Roman law) |
Languages & Literatures |
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLATION; Introduction; 1. The Gift Economy of Patronage; 2. Tragic History, Lyric Expiation, and the Gift of Sacrice; 3. The Gifts of the Golden Age: Land, Debt, and Aesthetic Surplus; 4. From Patron to Friend: Epistolary Refashioning and the Economics of Refusal; 5. The Epistolary Farm and the Status Implications of Epicurean Ataraxia; CONCLUSION: The Gift and the Reading Community; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; INDEX LOCORUM |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and |
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