Roman literature, gender, and reception : domina illustris /
Roman literature, gender, and reception : domina illustris /
Ed. Donald Lateiner, Barbara K. Gold, Judith Perkins.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- viii, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- (Routledge monographs in classical studies ; 13) .
"This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past. The prose and poetry of Cicero and Petronius, Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid receive fresh interpretations; pagan and Christian texts are re-examined from feminist and imaginative perspectives; genres of epic, didactic, and tragedy are re-examined
Includes bibliogr. references and index
9780415825078
Latin literature--History and criticism
Sex role in literature
"This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past. The prose and poetry of Cicero and Petronius, Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid receive fresh interpretations; pagan and Christian texts are re-examined from feminist and imaginative perspectives; genres of epic, didactic, and tragedy are re-examined
Includes bibliogr. references and index
9780415825078
Latin literature--History and criticism
Sex role in literature