Writing Rome - Textual Approaches to the City

Klappentext The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor! the buildings of Rome! the public spaces of the city were crowded with meanings and associations. Zusammenfassung What did the city of Rome mean to ancient Romans? The writings of Roman writers Cicero! Virgil! Juvenal and others! have played a vital part in determining responses to the city both in their own time and in later centuries. This book explores a wide range of descriptions of the city from later periods as well as from antiquity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the city of words; 1. The city of memories; 2. The city of gods; 3. The city of empire; 4. The city of marvels; 5. The city of exiles; Epilogue: the transcendent city.

Product details

• Authors: Catharine Edward, Catharine Edwards, Catharine (University of Bristol) Edwards
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.1996
• EAN: 9780521559522
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55952-2
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts; Roman Literature and Its Conte
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies