Wordplay and powerplay in Latin poetry / edited by Philip Mitsis and Ioannis Ziogas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitsis, Phillip, editor.

Ziogas, Ioannis, 1977- editor.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin poetry--History and criticism.

Latin poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 452 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Taking their point of departure from Frederick Ahl's pioneering work, the distinguished scholars in this volume have come together to re-examine the relation of poetry and power in the context of authoritarian regimes in ancient Rome and to examine the ways that poets not only commented on imperial politics, but also were direct participants in the construction of that political reality. Book jacket.

Contents:

Tacitus and the Poets: in Nemora et Lucos... Secedendum est (Dialogus 9.6)? / Rhiannon Ash Ash, Rhiannon 13

Nominal Intelligence: Conspiracy, Prosopography, and the Secret of Horace. Odes 2.10 / Alex Dressier Dressier, Alex 37

Another Vergilian Signature in the Georgics? / Joshua T. Katz Katz, Joshua T. 69

Mora in the Aeneid / Jay Reed Reed, Jay 87

Dido and the Owl / Emily Gowers Gowers, Emily 107

Freudian Bullseyes in Classical Perspective: The Psycho linguistics of Guilt in Virgil's Aeneid / Michael Fontaine Fontaine, Michael 131

Virgil and the Achilles of Catullus / Michael C. J. Putnam Putnam, Michael C. J. 151

Violent Retribution and Pietas: The Closure of the Aeneid Revisited / Gregson Davis Davis, Gregson 169

Freedom of Speech in Virgil and Ovid / Peter J. Davis Davis, Peter J. 183

Love's Letters: an Amor-Roma Telestich at Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.507-10 / Mathias Hanses Hanses, Mathias 199

Love Elegy and Legal Language in Ovid / Ioannis Ziogas Ziogas, Ioannis 213

Pythagoras and Numa in Ovid: Exile and Immortality at Rome / Matthew M. McGowan McGowan, Matthew M. 241

Lucan's Caesar and Laelius / Matthew Leigh Leigh, Matthew 259

A Theory of Violence in Lucan's Bellum Guile / Joy Connolly Connolly, Joy 273

From Pastoral to Panegyric in Calpurnius Srculus / Michael Paschalis Paschalis, Michael 299

Speaking Names in Senecan Drama / John G. Fitch Fitch, John G. 313

Civil War, the Soul, and the Cosmos at Seneca, Thyestes 547-622: A Tropology / Michele Lowrie Lowrie, Michele 333

Doubtful Certainties: The Politics of Reading in Seneca's Oedipus / Erica Bexley Bexley, Erica 355

Doubting Domitian's Divinity: Statius Achilleid 1.1-2 / David Konstan Konstan, David 377

As if: Reflections on an Exemplary Wife / Martha Malamud Malamud, Martha 387

Silius ftalfcus and Greek Epic: Imperial Culture Wars / Arthur J. Pomeroy Pomeroy, Arthur J. 413.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783110475876

3110475871

Publisher Number:

99969241866

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