Oxford Readings in Propertius
1st Edition
Published on 9. August 2012
Book
Hardback
522 pages
978-0-19-956303-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume focuses on the great Roman love poet Propertius. Propertius' poetry reveals an ardent love affair between the poet and his girlfriend, whom he calls 'Cynthia', yet it also offers a snapshot of life in ancient Rome during the Augustan age (20s BC). While this was a period of growth and revival after the crippling civil wars of the previous century, it was also a time when Rome was adjusting to a new form of government under its first emperor.
Oxford Readings in Propertius is the first volume on Propertius' poetry to bring together some of the best and most influential scholarship written during the last three decades and put them into dialogue with each other. The articles discuss the recent developments in Propertius scholarship, as well as major critical approaches that have emerged in classical studies in general, and look at issues of text, intertextuality, gender, and the social and political context of Propertius' work.
Oxford Readings in Propertius is the first volume on Propertius' poetry to bring together some of the best and most influential scholarship written during the last three decades and put them into dialogue with each other. The articles discuss the recent developments in Propertius scholarship, as well as major critical approaches that have emerged in classical studies in general, and look at issues of text, intertextuality, gender, and the social and political context of Propertius' work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
For students and scholars interested in Classical studies, Latin Literature, and Roman studies
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-956303-6 (9780199563036)
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Ellen Greene | Tara S. WELCH
Oxford Readings in Propertius
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08/2012
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
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Persons
Ellen Greene is the Joseph Paxton Presidential Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma. She has published numerous books and articles on Greek and Latin love poetry.
Tara Welch is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas. She has published a number of articles on Latin poetry and a book on Propertius.
Tara Welch is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas. She has published a number of articles on Latin poetry and a book on Propertius.
Content
PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; Whose Reading of What Propertiusa ; THE TEXT OF PROPERTIUS ; 2. Propertius, Between the Cult of the Transmitted Text and the Hunt for Corruption ; 3. Editing Propertius ; POETIC CONTEXTS ; 4. The Language of Propertius and the Stylistic Tendencies of Augustan Poetry ; 5. Propertius IV 9: Alexandrianism and Allusion ; 6. Propertius 1,4 and 1,5 and the Gallus of the Monobiblos ; 7. Prropertius and the Unity of the Book ; 8. Poetic Baldness and its Cure ; POETRY AND POLITICS ; 9. A Farewell to Promethean Man ; 10. Propertius 2.7. Militia amoris and the ironies of elegy ; 11. Images of the city: Propertius' new-old Rome ; GENDER ; 12. Mistress and metaphor in Augustan elegy ; 13. The Natural and Unnatural Silence of Women in the Elegies of Propertius ; 14. Gender and Genre in Propertius 2.8 and 2.9 ; 15. "Beyond good and Evil": Tarpeia & Philosophy in the Feminine (4.4) ; 16. Why Propertius is a Woman ; WORKS CITED ; BIBLIOGRAPHY