03170nam 22007573u 450 991045582220332120210108073833.00-520-92589-01-59734-661-6(CKB)111090860415146(EBL)223166(OCoLC)55891210(SSID)ssj0000173015(PQKBManifestationID)11181763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173015(PQKBWorkID)10162090(PQKB)10269227(MiAaPQ)EBC223166(EXLCZ)9911109086041514620130418d2001|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrHorace and the Gift Economy of Patronage[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Press20011 online resource (297 p.)The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Horace and the gift economy of patronageDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-22601-1 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 LOCORUMThis innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes and rhetorical figures.Authors and patrons in literatureHorace-- Knowledge-- EconomicsRome - Social life and customsAuthors and patronsRomeAuthors and patrons in literatureRomePatron and clientRomeLiterary patronsGifts in literatureGifts (Roman law)Languages & LiteraturesHILCCGreek & Latin Languages & LiteraturesHILCCElectronic books.Authors and patrons in literature.Horace-- Knowledge-- Economics.Rome - Social life and customs.Authors and patronsAuthors and patrons in literaturePatron and clientLiterary patronsGifts in literatureGifts (Roman law)Languages & LiteraturesGreek & Latin Languages & Literatures874.01874/.01Bowditch Phebe Lowell1961-266467AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910455822203321Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage692924UNINA