| Description |
1 online resource (448 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
In this book 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latin poetry -- History and criticism.
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Latin poetry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roman. Poetic autonomy in Ancient Rome 9780199675630 (OCoLC)833405031 |
| ISBN |
9780191663123 (electronic book) |
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0191663123 (electronic book) |
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9780191766022 |
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019176602X |
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9780199675630 |
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0199675635 |
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