02686nam 22006014a 450 99621008850331620230721023650.00-19-160933-11-282-38394-997866123839460-19-157169-5(CKB)2430000000010528(EBL)746702(OCoLC)540583368(SSID)ssj0000344670(PQKBManifestationID)11249618(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344670(PQKBWorkID)10313520(PQKB)11554256(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075710(MiAaPQ)EBC746702(MiAaPQ)EBC7033398(Au-PeEL)EBL7033398(EXLCZ)99243000000001052820090828d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting, performance, and authority in Augustan Rome[electronic resource] /Michèle LowrieOxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (443 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171995-1 0-19-954567-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 IndexIn 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 litLatin poetryHistory and criticismPerformance artRomeRomeHistoryAugustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.DLatin poetryHistory and criticism.Performance art871.0109Lowrie Michèle412362MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996210088503316Writing, performance, and authority in Augustan Rome245894UNISA