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OverviewLeisured Resistance examines the varied ways in which cultured Roman aristocrats, of very different periods, used their country estates as a political and literary tool. While for some the villas were retreats in which to compose literature and to escape from politics, others adapted this same tradition of cultured otium (or deliberate retirement from everyday politics) to present radical and competing visions of society and literature alike. Examining in-depth sources from both prose and verse from the time of Cicero to the last centuries of the Roman Empire in the west, the title demonstrates how the traditional image of the Roman aristocrat on his country estate was politically and socially very flexible: allowing authors, as times and circumstances changed, to present themselves or their patrons and friends as being in retreat from politics, or alternatively, as providing a focus for political opposition through the deliberate embracing of cultural values and schools of philosophy that offered resistance to prevailing political orthodoxy. The title ends by exploring how this tradition was adapted in the greatly changed world of the barbarian-ruled kingdoms that replaced direct Roman rule in Gaul in the fifth and sixth centuries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Dewar (University of Toronto, Canada) , Michael DewarPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.210kg ISBN: 9781474244022ISBN 10: 1474244025 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 18 June 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsDewar's deep knowledge and appreciation of the literature he discusses shine throughout this elegantly written book on how a Roman should spend his time. * Mouseion * Dewar’s deep knowledge and appreciation of the literature he discusses shine throughout this elegantly written book on how a Roman should spend his time. * Mouseion * Author InformationMichael Dewar is Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |