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The Roman mistress : ancient and modern representations / Maria Wyke.
Van Pelt Library PA6029.L6 W95 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wyke, Maria.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Messalina, Valeria, -48.
- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.
- Love poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Love poetry, Latin.
- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C--In literature.
- Cleopatra.
- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C--In motion pictures.
- Messalina, Valeria, -48--In motion pictures.
- Messalina, Valeria.
- Messalina, Valeria, -48--In literature.
- Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.
- Man-woman relationships in literature.
- Feminism and literature--Rome.
- Feminism and literature.
- Feminism and motion pictures.
- Women and literature--Rome.
- Women and literature.
- Women in motion pictures.
- Sex role in literature.
- Mistresses--Rome.
- Mistresses.
- Physical Description:
- x, 452 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- From Latin love poetry's dominating and enslaving beloveds, to modern popular culture's infamous Cleopatras and Messalinas, representations of the Roman mistress (or the mistress of Romans) have brought into question both ancient and modern genders and political systems. The Roman Mistress makes an important and original contribution simultaneously to feminist scholarship on antiquity, the classical tradition, and cultural studies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-428) and index.
- ISBN:
- 019815075X
- OCLC:
- 47893055
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