Golden Cynthia : essays on Propertius / Sharon L. James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Sharon L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Propertius, Sextus--Criticism and interpretation.

Propertius, Sextus.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.

Summary:

"The elegiac poet Propertius responds in his verse to the complex changes that Rome underwent in his period, taking on numerous topics including poetic and sexual rivalry, visual art, violence, inability to control the elusive mistress, imperialism, colonialism, civil war, the radical new shape of the Roman state under the new monarch Augustus, and more. These essays, by well-known scholars of Roman elegy, offer new ways of reading Propertius' topics, attitudes, and poetics. This book begins with two distinguished essays by the late Barbara Flaschenriem, whose work on Propertius remains influential. The other contributions, offered in honor of her, are by Diane Rayor, Andrew Feldherr, Ellen Greene, Lowell Bowditch, Alison Keith, and volume editor Sharon L. James. These essays explore topics including Propertian didacticism, dream interpretation, visual art and formalism, sex and violence, Roman imperialism and its connection to the elegiac puella, and Propertius' engagement, in Book 4, with Vergil's poetry."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Beloved as Dreamer and Objet d'Art: Propertius 1.3, 2.29a, and 2.29b / Barbara Flaschenriem

ch. 2 Scenes of Instruction: Propertius 3.3 and 4.7 / Barbara Flaschenriem

ch. 3 Moving Parts: The New Form(alism) of Prop. 2.12 / Andrew Feldherr

ch. 4 Sex and Violence in Propertius / Ellen Greene

ch. 5 Roman Cultural Imperialism and Cynthia's Imperium Sine Fine / Lowell Bowditch

ch. 6 Vergilian loci in Propertius Book 4.1 / Alison Keith

ch. 7 Blandipraecepta Property. What Propertius Teaches / Sharon L. James.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780472133246

0472133241

OCLC:

1286365974

Publisher Number:

99992336816