The politics of Latin literature : writing, identity, and empire in ancient Rome / Thomas N. Habinek.

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Habinek, Thomas N, 1953-

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1400811929
9781400811922
9781400822515
1400822513
9786612753381
6612753382
128275338X
9781282753389
9780691089843
0691089841

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politics of Latin literature.DDC classification:

870.9/001 21

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PA6029.P64 H33 1998eb

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Contents:

Latin Literature and the Problem of Rome -- Why Was Latin Literature Invented? -- Cicero and the Bandits -- Culture Wars in the First Century B.C.E. -- Writing as Social Performance -- Roman Women's Useless Knowledge -- An Aristocracy of Virtue -- Pannonia Domanda Est: The Construction of the Imperial Subject through Ovid's Poetry from Exile.

Summary: This is the first book to describe the intimate relationship between Latin literature and the politics of ancient Rome. Until now, most scholars have viewed classical Latin literature as a product of aesthetic concerns. Thomas Habinek shows, however, that literature was also a cultural practice that emerged from and intervened in the political and social struggles at the heart of the Roman world. Habinek considers major works by such authors as Cato, Cicero, Horace, Ovid, and Seneca. He shows that, from its beginnings in the late third century b.c. to its eclipse by Christian literature six hun.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-221) and indexes.

This is the first book to describe the intimate relationship between Latin literature and the politics of ancient Rome. Until now, most scholars have viewed classical Latin literature as a product of aesthetic concerns. Thomas Habinek shows, however, that literature was also a cultural practice that emerged from and intervened in the political and social struggles at the heart of the Roman world. Habinek considers major works by such authors as Cato, Cicero, Horace, Ovid, and Seneca. He shows that, from its beginnings in the late third century b.c. to its eclipse by Christian literature six hun.