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OverviewReflections of Romanity: Discourses of Subjectivity in Imperial Rome, by Richard Alston and Efrossini Spentzou, challenges and provokes debate about how we understand the Roman world, and ourselves, by engagement with the early imperial literature of the mid-first to early second-century CE. Alston and Spentzou explore Roman subjectivity to illuminate a society whose fragmentation presented considerable challenges to contemporary thinkers. These members of the elite and intellectual classes faced complex ideological choices in relation to how they could define themselves in relation to imperial society. Reflections of Romanity draws on present-day reflections on selfhood while at the same time uncovering processes of self-analysis, notably by tracing individuals' reactions to moments of crisis or uncertainty. Thus it sets up a dialogue between the ancient texts it discusses, including the epics of Lucan and Statius, the letters of the Younger Pliny, Silius Italicus' Punica, and Tacitus' historical writings, and works of the modern period. Given the importance of classical thinking about the self in modern thought, this book addresses both a classical and a philosophical/literary critical audience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Alston (Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway University of London) , Efrossini SpentzouPublisher: Ohio State University Press Imprint: Ohio State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9780814254783ISBN 10: 0814254780 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 15 August 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a thought-provoking and absorbing book. Its methodology and its studied orientation, as much toward the concerns of the present as the past, mark it out as a distinctive contribution. --Duncan Kennedy, professor of Latin literature, Bristol University This is a thought-provoking and absorbing book. Its methodology and its studied orientation, as much toward the concerns of the present as the past, mark it out as a distinctive contribution. --Duncan Kennedy, professor of Latin literature, Bristol University Author InformationRichard Alston is professor of Roman history and Efrossini Spentzou is senior lecturer in Latin, both at Royal Holloway, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |