The Roman mistress [[electronic resource] ] : ancient and modern representations / / Maria Wyke

• Autore: Wyke Maria
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 871.01093543082
• Soggetto topico: Love poetry, Latin - History and criticism; Mistresses - Rome; Women in literature; Sex role in literature; Sex role in motion pictures; Love poetry, Latin - History and criticism - Rome; Man-woman relationships in motion pictures - Rome; Man-woman relationships in literature - Rome; Feminism and literature; Feminism and motion pictures; Women and literature; Women in motion pictures; Mistresses
• Note generali: Originally published: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; I. LOVE POETRY; 1. Mistress and Metaphor in Augustan Elegy; 2. Written Women: Propertius' scripta puella (2. 10-13); 3. The Elegiac Woman at Rome: Propertius Book 4; 4. Reading Female Flesh: Ovid Amores 3. 1; 5. Taking the Woman's Part: Gender and Scholarship on Love Elegy; II. RECEPTION; 6. Meretrix regina: Augustan Cleopatras; 7. Oriental Vamp; Cleopatra 1910's; 8. Glamour Girl: Cleopatra 1930's-1960's; 9. Meretrix Augusta: Messalina 1870's-1920's; 10. Suburban Feminist: Messalina 1930's-1970's
• Sommario/riassunto: In a highly accessible style, 'The Roman Mistress' makes an important and original contribution simultaneously to feminist scholarship on antiquity, the classical tradition and cultural studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Roman mistress
• ISBN: 1-383-00598-2; 1-281-34614-4; 0-19-154140-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782225303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II