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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Sharon L., author.

Contributor:

James, Sharon L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Propertius, Sextus--Criticism and interpretation.

Propertius, Sextus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.

Summary:

The elegiac poet Propertius responds in his verse to the complex changes that Rome underwent in his lifetime, taking on numerous topics of poetry, poetic and sexual rivalry, visual art, violence, imperialism, colonialism, civil war, the radical new emperor 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 influential Propertian scholar Barbara Flaschenriem, who passed away unexpectedly. The other contributions, offered in her memory, are by Diane Rayor, Andrew Feldherr, Ellen Greene, Lowell Bowditch, Alison Keith, and volume editor Sharon L. James. These essays explore themes 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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword | Diane Rayor

Introduction | Sharon L. James

Chapter 1. The Beloved as Dreamer and Objet d'Art: Propertius 1.3, 2.29a, and 2.29b | Barbara Flaschenriem

Chapter 2. Scenes of Instruction: Propertius 3.3 and 4.7 | Barbara Flaschenriem

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

Chapter 4. Sex and Violence in Propertius | Ellen Greene

Chapter 5. Roman Cultural Imperialism and Cynthia's Imperium Sine Fine | Lowell Bowditch

Chapter 6. Vergilian loci in Propertius Book 4.1 | Alison Keith

Chapter 7. Blandi praecepta Properti: What Propertius Teaches | Sharon L. James

Contributors

General Index

Index Locorum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

Other Format:

Print version: James, Sharon L. Golden Cynthia

ISBN:

9780472220687