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This is the first sustained study examining how the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how it was not normally expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, and how it often served to show defect of character.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Acknowledgements
- Introductory Material
- 1: Prequel: A Penitent Emperor
- 2: Emotions, Remorse, and Consistency
- 3: The Shape of Ancient Remorse: Vocabulary and Definitions
- 4: Structure and Outline of the Book
- Remorse in Action: Case Studies
- 5: Agamemnon, Achilles, and the Homeric Roots of Remorse
- 6: Neoptolemus and the Essential Elements of Remorse
- 7: Hermione s Feigned Regret
- 8: Killing Cleitus: Alexander s Fruitless Remorse
- 9: Comedy Means (Almost) Never Having to Say You re Sorry
- 10: Ovid and the Coercion of Remorse from Above
- 11: Nero s Degenerate Remorse
- 12: Command Performance: Mutiny in the Roman Army
- 13: Plutarch on Consistency and the Statesman
- Conclusions
- 14: Late Antiquity and the Conversion of Emotion
- 15: Final (Re)considerations
- Bibliography
- Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Laurel Fulkerson is an Associate Professor at Florida State University. In addition to work on the emotions, she has published articles on gender, Latin, and Greek poetry. She has held visiting fellowships at the University of Cincinnati, Exeter College, and St. Anne's College, Oxford.
Zusammenfassung
This is the first sustained study examining how the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how it was not normally expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, and how it often served to show defect of character.
Zusatztext
She has provided path-breaking analyses of ancient moments of this mordant emotion, and other scholars will supplement her pioneering, case-study coverage.
