Theorising Rome / edited by Rhiannon Evans and Sonya Wurster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Rhiannon, 1968- editor.

Wurster, Sonya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History.

Rome.

Rome--Politics and government.

Rome--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

Theorising Rome asks the questions: what did 'Rome'--the physical location, the political entity, the literary construct--mean in antiquity? Equally, what has it meant in subsequent centuries? This volume addresses these broad questions in a number of complementary ways, and each chapter shows that ancient Rome has been recontextualised and remade--and, in fact, re-theorised--by successive historical periods and literary genres to perform their cultural labour. The contributions here approach this question through the lens of Roman literary, historical and philosophical texts, as well as reception texts which create a new vision of Rome through adaptation, allusion and critique. Whether ancient or modern, these studies show how Rome and Roman texts are recast for each new audience.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5275-6730-3

OCLC:

1243550966