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Politics and divinization in Augustan poetry Bobby Xinyue
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Xinyue, Bobby, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D--Cult.
- Augustus.
- Latin poetry--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry.
- Politics and literature--Rome.
- Politics and literature.
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Cults.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2022
- Summary:
- "This book offers a new interpretation of one of most prominent themes in Latin poetry, the divinization of Augustus, and argues that this theme functioned as a language of political science for the early Augustan poets as they tried to come to terms with Rome’s transformation from Republic to Principate. Examining an extensive body of texts ranging from Virgil’s Eclogues to Horace’s final book of the Odes (covering a period roughly from 43 BC to 13 BC), this study highlights the multifaceted metaphorical force of divinizing language, as well as the cultural complications of divinization. Through a series of close readings, this book challenges the view that poetic images of Augustus’ divinization merely reflect the poets’ attitude towards Augustus or their recognition of his power, and puts forward a new understanding of this motif as an evolving discourse through which the first generation of Augustan poets articulated, interrogated, and negotiated Rome’s shift towards authoritarianism"--Publisher's description
- Contents:
- Texts, translations, abbreviations
- Introduction
- Libertas, peace, and divine dependence
- Divinization and the transformation of Rome from republic to principate
- Conquest and immortality in Horace's Odes
- Divinization and the inevitability of Augustan Rome
- Epilogue : To divinity and beyond
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed on May 5, 2023)
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Other Format:
- Print version Xinyue, Bobby. Politics and divinization in Augustan poetry.
- ISBN:
- 0191946281
- 9780191946288
- 9780192668479
- 0192668471
- 9780192668486
- 019266848X
- OCLC:
- 1293774988
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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