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OverviewIn Poetic Autonomy in Ancient Rome, Luke Roman offers a major new approach to the study of ancient Roman poetry. A key term in the modern interpretation of art and literature, 'aesthetic autonomy' refers to the idea that the work of art belongs to a realm of its own, separate from ordinary activities and detached from quotidian interests. While scholars have often insisted that aesthetic autonomy is an exclusively modern concept and cannot be applied to other historical periods, the book argues that poets in ancient Rome employed a 'rhetoric of autonomy' to define their position within Roman society and establish the distinctive value of their work. This study of the Roman rhetoric of poetic autonomy includes an examination of poetic self-representation in first-person genres from the late republic to the early empire. Looking closely at the works of Lucilius, Catullus, Propertius, Horace, Virgil, Tibullus, Ovid, Statius, Martial, and Juvenal, Poetic Autonomy in Ancient Rome affords fresh insight into ancient literary texts and reinvigorates the dialogue between ancient and modern aesthetics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Luke Roman (Associate Professor, Department of Classics, Memorial University of Newfoundland)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9780199675630ISBN 10: 0199675635 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 30 January 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Autonomy Ancient and Modern 1: Lucilius, Catullus, and Cicero's Consulatus Suus: First-person poetry and the autonomist turn 2: Autarky, withdrawal, confinement: the autonomist niche in early Augustan poetry (ca. 39 BC-25 BC) 3: Augustan Poetry (ca. 25 BC-AD 17): the expansion of autonomy 4: Materialities of Use and Subordination: the challenge of the autonomist legacy Conclusion: poetry and other games Bibliography IndexReviewsa major achievement, which no student or scholar of Latin literature of virtually any period can afford to ignore. * Francesca Martelli, Journal of Roman Studies * Author InformationLuke Roman is currently Associate Professor of Classics at Memorial University. His main area of research is Latin literature, and topics of interest include poetry in first-person genres, literary autonomy, literary representations of the city of Rome, the materiality of books and writing, Roman concepts of literature and literariness, and post-classical reception of Roman literature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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