Engendering Rome : women in Latin epic / / A.M. Keith
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| Autore: |
Keith Alison
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| Titolo: |
Engendering Rome : women in Latin epic / / A.M. Keith
|
| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge [England] ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 149 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 873/.0109352042 |
| Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism |
| Women and literature - Rome | |
| Sex role in literature | |
| Women in literature | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Engendering Rome |
| 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 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810546203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Roman literature and its contexts.