Engendering Rome : Women in Latin Epic.
Title:
Engendering Rome : Women in Latin Epic.
Author:
Keith, A. M.
ISBN:
9780511152436
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (163 pages)
Series:
Roman Literature and its Contexts
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER I Introduction: gender and genre -- CHAPTER 2 Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity -- CHAPTER 3 The ground of representation -- CHAPTER 4 Exordia pugnae: engendering war -- CHAPTER 5 Over her dead body -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of passages discussed.
Abstract:
This study examines the role of female characters in the Roman epic poetry of Virgil, Ovid and other writers.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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