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Rumour and Renown - Representations of Fama in Western Literature (Hardcover, New)
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Rumour and Renown - Representations of Fama in Western Literature (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
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The Latin word fama means 'rumour', 'report', 'tradition', as well
as modern English 'fame' or 'renown'. This magisterial and
groundbreaking study in the literary and cultural history of rumour
and renown, by one of the most influential living critics of Latin
poetry, examines the intricate dynamics of their representations
from Homer to Alexander Pope, with a focus on the power struggles
played out within attempts to control the word, both spoken and
written. Central are the personifications of Fama in Virgil and
Ovid and the rich progeny spawned by them, but the book focuses on
a wide range of genres other than epic, and on a variety of modes
of narrating, dramatising, critiquing, and illustrating fama.
Authors given detailed readings include Livy, Tacitus, Petrarch,
Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Milton.
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