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Zusatztext Review from previous edition this book is both brilliant in conception and execution Informationen zum Autor Oliver Taplin is Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at Oxford University, where he is a Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College. He is also co-director (with Edith Hall) of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama. His books include 'Homeric Soundings' (Oxford, 1992) and 'Comic Angels' (Oxford, 1993). He maintains the importance of reaching wider audiences, and has collaborated with various productions in radio, television, and the theatre. Klappentext In this volume! we are offered a new perspective on Roman literature! based on the conviction that our present appreciation for it should be informed and influenced by how it was originally perceived. From the beginning of the Roman Empire to the end of the classical era! this book focuses on the "receivers" of Roman literature-the readers! spectators! and audiences who first witnessed the works. Six contributors map out the lively and provocative surveys! covering the kinds of literature that have shaped Western culture--epic! lyric! tragedy! comedy! history! philosophy! elegy! satire! biography! and panegyric. Zusammenfassung This book consists of nine essays by six contributors exploring aspects of literature from the beginning of the Roman empire to the end of the classical era. The theme drawing the essays together is that appreciation of Roman literature can be informed and influenced by attending to the 'receivers' of the literature, and by consideration of what it was originally appreciated for. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Latin Literature 1: Matthew Leigh: Primitivism and Power: The beginnings of Latin literature 2: Christina S. Kraus: Forging a national identity: Prose literature down to the time of Augustus 3: Llewelyn Morgan: Escapes from orthodoxy: Poetry of the late Republic 4: Llewelyn Morgan: Creativity out of chaos: Poetry between the death of Caesar and the death of Virgil 5: Philip Hardie: Coming to terms with the Empire: Poetry of the later Augustan and Tiberian period 6: Christina S. Kraus: The path between truculence and servility: Prose literature from Augustus to Hadrian 7: Matthew Leigh: Oblique politics: Epic of the imperial period 8: Catherine Connors: Imperial space and time: The literature of leisure 9: Michael Dewar: Culture wars: Latin literature from the second century to the end of the classical era Further Reading Chronology Acknowledgements Index ...
