Engendering Rome - Women in Latin Epic

Klappentext This study examines the role of female characters in the Roman epic poetry of Virgil! Ovid and other writers. Zusammenfassung This study examines the role of female characters in Roman epic poetry. Its five chapters argue that the feminised landscapes! militaristic women! and beautiful female corpses of the Roman epic tradition should be interpreted in conjunction with the use of the genre by ancient educators. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: gender and genre; 2. Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity; 3. The ground of representation; 4. Exordia pugnae: engendering war; 5. Over her dead body; 6. Epilogue.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: A. M. Keith, A. M. (University of Toronto) Keith, A.m. Keith, Alison Keith, Keith A. M.
• Con la collaborazione di: D. C. Feeney (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.02.2000
• EAN: 9780521556217
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55621-7
• Pagine: 162
• Serie: Roman Literature and Its Conte; Roman Literature and its Contexts
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets