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001 2013025986
003 DLC
005 20150827100940.0
008 130723s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013025986
020 $a9781780932040 (pbk.)
020 $z9781472502155 (epub)
020 $z9781472502162 (epdf)
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050 00 $aPA6059.E6$bS64 2013
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084 $aPOE008000$aLIT004190$aLIT000000$aLIT014000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSpentzou, Efrossini.
245 14 $aThe Roman poetry of love :$belegy and politics in a time of revolution /$cEfi Spentzou.
263 $a1310
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bBloomsbury Academic,$c2013.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aClassical world series
520 $a"The Roman Poetry of Love explores the formation of a key literary genre in a troubled historical and political setting. The short-lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular, multi-faceted and often difficult poetry. Its proponents Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid remain to this day some of the most influential poetic voices of Western civilisation. This accessible introduction combines aesthetic analysis with socio-political context to provide a concise but comprehensive portrait of the Roman elegy, its main participants and its cultural and political milieu. Focusing on a series of specific poems, the title portrays the development of the genre in the context of the Emperor Augustus' ascent to power, following recognizable threads through the texts to build an understanding of the relationship between this poetry and the increasingly totalising regime.Highlighting and examining the intense affectation of love in these poems, The Roman Poetry of Love explores the works not simply as an expression of a troubled male psychology, but also as a reflection of the overwhelming changes that swept through Rome and Italy in the transition from the late Republic to the Augustan Age"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"A concise introduction to Latin love elegy in Augustan Rome, and its politics of love, gender, artistic subversion and creativity"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- IntroductionPolitical Turbulence and Literary Innovation: A Genre is Born in Rome Dream and Desire: Tibullus at a CrossroadsPropertius Unbound: A Latin Lover at Rome Love-games and Power-games: Ovid and the Politics of DesireNomadic Love in Ovid's AmoresFurther ReadingIndex.
650 0 $aLove poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aElegiac poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yAugustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
650 7 $aPOETRY / Ancient, Classical & Medieval.$2bisacsh