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Autore |
Lowrie Michè€le |
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Titolo |
Writing, performance, and authority in Augustan Rome [[electronic resource] /] / Michè€le Lowrie |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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0-19-160933-1 |
1-282-38394-9 |
9786612383946 |
0-19-157169-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Latin poetry - History and criticism |
Performance art - Rome |
Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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