Roman Readings - Roman response to Greek literature from Plautus to Statius and Quintilian (Hardcover)

This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham, which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, women in Roman life and dramatic poetry and the poetic representation of children in relation to their mothers and teachers. The volume opens with papers on Roman comedy: Menaechmi, Trinummus, Hautontimorumenos, papers on women of the demimonde in Truculentus and Eunuchus, Cistellaria and Poenulus. The second part deals with rhetoric, including the subject of imitation as a stylistic feature, the study of performance comparing oratory and comedy and of declamation. Papers on Ovid's Fasti include a study of failed rape-scenes and papers concerned with women's cults. The last part (Senecan tragedy, Lucan, Statius) focuses on Lucan's Civil War and his treatment of Caesar as well as Statius' Thebaid and Achilleid.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Beitrage zur Altertumskunde
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Elaine Fantham
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	661
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-022933-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	3-11-022933-1
Barcode:	9783110229332

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