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Record Nr.

UNISA996210088503316

Autore

Lowrie Michè€le

Titolo

Writing, performance, and authority in Augustan Rome [[electronic resource] /] / Michè€le Lowrie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-160933-1

1-282-38394-9

9786612383946

0-19-157169-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Disciplina

871.0109

Soggetti

Latin poetry - History and criticism

Performance art - Rome

Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Arma uirumque cano; 2. Some Background; PART I: WRITING, PERFORMANCE, AND PERFORMATIVITY; PART II: PERFORMANCE AND THE AUGUSTAN LITERARY EPISTLE; PART III: WRITING, PERFORMANCE, AND POLITICS; PART IV: READING AND THE LAW; Abbreviations; References; Index locorum; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media. Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of presenting what a poet does. In a culture of highly polished book production where recitation was the fashion, to claim to sing or to write was one means of self-definition. Lowrie assesses the stakes of poetic claims to one mediumor another. Generic definition is an important factor. Epic and lyric have traditional associations with song, while the lit