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Studies in emotions and power in the late Roman world : papers in honour of Ron Newbold / edited by Barbara Sidwell, Danijel Dzino.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gorgias précis portfolios ; 8.
- Gorgias précis portfolios, 1935-3871 ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emotions in literature.
- History.
- Politics and government.
- Social conditions.
- Manners and customs.
- Rome--Social life and customs--Congresses.
- Rome.
- Rome--Social conditions--Congresses.
- Rome--Politics and government--284-476--Congresses.
- Rome--History--Empire, 284-476--Sources--Congresses.
- Emotions--Social aspects--Rome--History--Congresses.
- Emotions.
- Emotions--Political aspects--Rome--History--Congresses.
- Power (Social sciences)--Rome--History--Congresses.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Social status--Rome--History--Congresses.
- Social status.
- Emotions in literature--Congresses.
- Latin literature--History and criticism--Congresses.
- Latin literature.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Power and emotions / Barbara Sidwell
- St. Jerome's struggle for control : an approach / Ron Newbold
- Marcus Aurelius and the therapeutic use of soliloquy : an interdisciplinary approach / Han Baltussen
- The virtue of rage in the fourth century / Cristopher Malone
- Insult and outrage and the Roman military : Ammianus Marcellinus res gestae 20.8.8; 25.3.10; 28.6.23 / Barbara Sidwell
- Angst and identity in Antioch following the Riot of the Statues / Silke Sitzler
- Love and grief in post-imperial diplomacy : the letters of Brunhild / Andrew Gillett
- Negotiating a serviceable identity and a pathway to power in late antiquity / Thomas S. Burns.
- Notes:
- Papers from a conference entitled "Emotions, status, and power," held at Adelaide University in December 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781617199141
- 1617199141
- OCLC:
- 664450986
- Publisher Number:
- 99942730148
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