Imagining the Chorus in Augustan Poetry

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

List of contents

Introduction: the chorus in the Augustan imagination; 1. Imagined choruses from Alexandria to Rome; 2. Dance and desire in Propertius' Elegies; 3. Horace and the erotics of the lyric chorus; 4. Canon, community, and chorus; 5. Virgil's Aeneid and the relocation of ritual; 6. Foundational choreography in the Aeneid; Epilogue.

About the author

Lauren Curtis is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Bard College, New York. Her research focuses on Augustan poetry, especially its engagement with music and performance, book culture, antiquarianism, and cultural memory. Recent and forthcoming publications include articles on the aetiological poetics of Ovid's Tristia, the representation of Arion and his lyre in Hellenistic and Augustan poetry, and epiphany in Latin love elegy.

Summary

This book argues that in the work of Horace, Virgil, and Propertius, the language and imagery of the chorus articulate some of their most pressing concerns surrounding social and literary belonging in a rapidly changing Roman world.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Curtis, Lauren (Bard College Curtis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781316638606
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63860-6
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory