Engendering Rome

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' ... a significant contribution to the field and is sure to be appreciated by classicists, social historians, literary critics, and those interested in gender issues in ancient Rome ... Specialists and undergraduate students alike will find much of the value in Engendering Rome and will gain many useful insights into the role of women and the construction of gender identity in Roman epic.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'As it stands this little book describing the major roles of females in Latin epic and assessing the significance of the delineation of these rolls will surely become a necessary handbook for all readers and teachers of Latin epic.' Phyllis B Katz, New England Classical Journal '... accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike ... well-articulated and certainly constitutes a valuable contribution to the field.' The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies '... until now no single author has attempted in monograph form to provide an overview of the representation of women in Latin Epic. A. M. Keith's slim but thought-provoking monograph on the role of women in Roman epic poetry, published as part of the Cambridge University Press' series on 'Roman Literature and Its Contexts', is a timely and valuable contribution to the subject ... unique and important ... Anyone teaching or studying Roman epic and the role of women will need to consult it in the first instance.' Comptes Rendus