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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810546203321

Autore

Keith Alison

Titolo

Engendering Rome : women in Latin epic / / A.M. Keith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge [England] ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-107-11298-2

1-280-41699-8

0-511-17338-5

0-511-03964-6

0-511-15243-4

0-511-32336-0

0-511-60592-7

0-511-05336-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 149 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Roman literature and its contexts

Disciplina

873/.0109352042

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism

Women and literature - Rome

Sex role in literature

Women in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-143) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER I Introduction: gender and genre; CHAPTER 2 Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity; CHAPTER 3 The ground of representation; CHAPTER 4 Exordia pugnae: engendering war; CHAPTER 5 Over her dead body; Epilogue; Bibliography; General index; Index of passages discussed

Sommario/riassunto

Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the critical literature. This study represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalisation



within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to. The five chapters can be read either as self-contained essays or as a cumulative exploration of the gender dynamics of the Roman epic tradition. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of gender studies.