Writing Rome Textual Approaches to the City

Name: Writing Rome Textual Approaches to the City
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ISBN: 9780521559522

ISBN-10: 0521559529

ISBN-13: 9780521559522

Edition: 1996

Authors: Catharine Edwards, Denis Feeney, Stephen Hinds

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The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city, were crowded with meanings and associations. These meanings were generated partly through activities associated with particular places, but Rome also took on meanings from literature written about the city: stories of its foundation, praise of its splendid buildings, laments composed by those obliged to leave it. Ancient writers made use of the city to explore the complexities of Roman history, power and identity. This book aims to chart selected aspects of Rome's resonance in literature and the literary…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/10/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Denis Feeneyis Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University and was the 2004 Sather Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. His books includeLiterature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts, and Beliefs(1998) andThe Gods in Epic: Poets and Critics of the Classical Tradition(1991).



List of plates


Preface


Introduction: the city of words



The city of memories



The city of gods



The city of empire



The city of marvels



The city of exiles


Epilogue


Bibliography


Indexes


General index


Index of passages discussed