The Elegiac Passion - Jealousy in Roman Love Elegy

Zusatztext This highly nuanced analysis is richly textured, accessible to a broad range of readers, and supported by an excellent, useful scholarly apparatus. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Ruth Rothaus Caston is Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. Klappentext The Elegiac Passion is a study of the central role of jealousy in Roman love elegy, both the detailed ways in which it is represented and the ramifications of these features for the nature of the genre itself. Zusammenfassung The Elegiac Passion is a study of the central role of jealousy in Roman love elegy, both the detailed ways in which it is represented and the ramifications of these features for the nature of the genre itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Rival Authorities: Elegy and Philosophy on Love Chapter 2: The Nature of Jealousy Chapter 3: The Triggers of Jealousy: Suspicions and Evidence Chapter 4: Responses to Jealousy: Violence and Restraint Chapter 5: The Lover as Poet: Trust and Distrust of Poets Chapter 6: What Jealousy is About: Threats to Fides Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Rothaus Caston, Ruth Rothaus (Assistant Professor Caston
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.09.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780199925902
• ISBN: 978-0-19-992590-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Emotions of the Past
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day