Propertius : poet of love and leisure / Alison Keith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keith, Alison.

Series:

Classical literature and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Propertius, Sextus.

Literature and society.

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Genre:

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"In Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure, Alison Keith explores Propertius' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics (such genre theory, poetic models, the girlfriend, the rival) and the poet's social context within the early Augustan principate (such as Roman imperialism, the elite male cursus honorum, Augustus' building projects) she offers a synthetic overview of Propertius' achievement in his four books of elegies. She considers the neglected relationship of rhetoric to Propertian elegiac poetics, as well as Propertius' debt to the classical literary tradition, and she explores themes in the corpus that reflect the Augustan imperial context in which Propertius lived and wrote. Arguing for neither a pro- nor an anti-Augustanism on display in Propertian elegy, Keith brings to light the multiple ways in which Roman imperial rule, the new pax Augusta, and new forms of elite Roman political competition intersect in and inform Propertius' poetry. The volume aims to contribute to our understanding of both Latin literature and Augustan culture its sustained exploration of refractions of the Roman 'imperialist enterprise' in Propertius' elegiac poetry."--Bloombury Publishing.

Contents:

1 Qualis et unde genus? Sextus Propertius, His Friends and Relations 1

2 Insano uerba tonare Foro: Propertian Elegy and Roman Rhetoric 19

3 Callimachus Romanus: Propertius' Elegiac Poetics 45

4 Cynthia rara: Propertius and the Elegiac Traffic in Women 86

5 Hos inter si me ponere Fama uolet: Between Men 115

6 Nequitiae caput: Propertian Elegy and Imperial Leisure 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472540034

Access Restriction:

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