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This volume focuses on the great Roman love poet Propertius.
Propertius' poetry reveals an ardent love affair between the poet
and his girlfriend, whom he calls 'Cynthia', yet it also offers a
snapshot of life in ancient Rome during the Augustan age (20s BC).
While this was a period of growth and revival after the crippling
civil wars of the previous century, it was also a time when Rome
was adjusting to a new form of government under its first emperor.
Oxford Readings in Propertius is the first volume on Propertius'
poetry to bring together some of the best and most influential
scholarship written during the last three decades and put them into
dialogue with each other. The articles discuss the recent
developments in Propertius scholarship, as well as major critical
approaches that have emerged in classical studies in general, and
look at issues of text, intertextuality, gender, and the social and
political context of Propertius' work.
This volume focuses on the great Roman love poet Propertius.
Propertius' poetry reveals an ardent love affair between the poet
and his girlfriend, whom he calls 'Cynthia', yet it also offers a
snapshot of life in ancient Rome during the Augustan age (20s BC).
While this was a period of growth and revival after the crippling
civil wars of the previous century, it was also a time when Rome
was adjusting to a new form of government under its first emperor.
Oxford Readings in Propertius is the first volume on Propertius'
poetry to bring together some of the best and most influential
scholarship written during the last three decades and put them into
dialogue with each other. The articles discuss the recent
developments in Propertius scholarship, as well as major critical
approaches that have emerged in classical studies in general, and
look at issues of text, intertextuality, gender, and the social and
political context of Propertius' work.
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