A pressing and persistent problem confronts work on the women of ancient Rome: a need to determine the relation between the realities of women's lives and their representation in Latin literature.
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Feminism and literature, Feminism and motion pictures, History and criticism, In literature, In motion pictures, Latin Love poetry, Love poetry, Latin, Man-woman relationships in literature, Man-woman relationships in motion pictures, Mistresses, Sex role in literature, Women and literature, Women in motion pictures, Love poetry, history and criticismPlaces
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Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations
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The Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations
October 29, 2007, Oxford University Press, USA
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: PART 1 Love Poetry
1. Mistress and Metaphor in Augustan Elegy
2. WrittenWomen: Propertius' scripta puella (2.10-I 3)
3. The ElegiacWoman at Rome: Propertius Book 4
4. Reading Female Flesh: Ovid Amores 3. i
5. Taking theWoman's Part: Gender and Scholarship
on Love Elegy
PART 2 Reception
6. Meretrix regina: Augustan Cleopatras
7. OrientalVamp: Cleopatra 1 9 os
8. Glamour Girl: Cleopatra 193 os-I96os
9. MeretrixAugusta: Messalina 87os-192os
10. Suburban Feminist: Messalina 1930s-1970s
Bibliography
Index of Classical Passages Cited
General Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-428) and index.
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