In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site
for feminist and other literary critics studying conceptions of
gender and sexuality in ancient Roman culture.
This new volume, the first to focus specifically on gender
dynamics in Latin love poetry, moves beyond the polarized critical
positions that argue that this poetry either confirms traditional
gender roles or subverts them. Rather, the essays in the collection
explore the ways in which Latin erotic texts can have both effects,
shifting power back and forth between male and female. If there is
one conclusion that emerges, it is that the dynamics of gender in
Latin amatory poetry do not map in any single way onto the cultural
and historical norms of Roman society. In fact, as several essays
show, there is a dialectical relationship between this poetry and
Roman cultural practices.
By complicating the views of gender dynamics in Latin love
poetry, this exciting new scholarship will stimulate further
debates in classical studies and literary criticism with its fresh
perspectives.
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