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Engendering Rome : women in Latin epic / A.M. Keith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keith, Alison, author.
- Series:
- Roman literature and its contexts.
- Roman literature and its contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Latin.
- Women and literature--Rome.
- Women and literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 149 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the critical literature. This study represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalisation within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to. The five chapters can be read either as self-contained essays or as a cumulative exploration of the gender dynamics of the Roman epic tradition. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of gender studies.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER I Introduction: gender and genre; CHAPTER 2 Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity; CHAPTER 3 The ground of representation; CHAPTER 4 Exordia pugnae: engendering war; CHAPTER 5 Over her dead body; Epilogue; Bibliography; General index; Index of passages discussed
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-143) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11298-2
- 1-280-41699-8
- 0-511-17338-5
- 0-511-03964-6
- 0-511-15243-4
- 0-511-32336-0
- 0-511-60592-7
- 0-511-05336-3
- OCLC:
- 559129177
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