Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome - Latin Poetic Responses to Early Imperial Iconography

Explores the dynamic interactions among Latin poets, artists, and audiences in constructing and critiquing imperial power in Augustan Rome.

List of contents

1. The mutual constitution of Augustus; 2. History in light of the Sidus Iulium; 3. Questioning consensus on the palatine; 4. Remapping the Forum Augustum; 5. The triumph of the imagination; 6. The last word?

About the author

Nandini B. Pandey teaches Classics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research centers on Latin literature, its historical and cultural contexts, and its postclassical reception. She has published in Transactions of the American Philological Association, The International Journal of the Classical Tradition, Vergilius, Classical Philology, Classical World, The Classical Journal, and Eidolon.

Product details

• Authors: Nandini B. Pandey, Nandini B. (University of Wisconsin Pandey, PANDEY NANDINI B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108422659
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42265-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; HISTORY / Ancient / General, History of Art, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, History of Architecture, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE