Sulpicia - Life, Love, and Literature in Ancient Rome

This is the first full-length biography of Sulpicia, the earliest extant female author of classical Latin poetry. Unmentioned by her contemporaries, Sulpicia belonged to the pinnacle of the Roman aristocracy and wrote openly about her life and love affair in the same literary forms as Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus. This study investigates Sulpicia's family background, the societal expectations for a woman of her aristocratic rank, and the literary ferment that swept Rome in her day and to which she contributed.

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A propos de l'auteur

Alison Keith is University Professor of Classics and Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Virgil and Elegy, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy, Virgil, and Women in War and Antiquity.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alison (University Professor of Classics an Keith, Keith Alison
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.10.2025
• EAN: 9780197606964
• ISBN: 978-0-19-760696-4
• Pages: 216
• Thème: Women in Antiquity
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature classiques; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts