Politics and divinization in Augustan poetry / Bobby Xinyue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xinyue, Bobby, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin poetry--History and criticism.

Latin poetry.

Politics and literature--Rome.

Politics and literature.

Rome (Empire).

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D--Cult.

Augustus.

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This text offers a new interpretation of one of the 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.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Xinyue, Bobby Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry

ISBN:

0-19-194628-1

0-19-266847-1

0-19-266848-X