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Author Keith, Alison.

Title Engendering Rome : women in Latin epic / A.M. Keith.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 149 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Roman literature and its contexts
Roman literature and its contexts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-143) and indexes.
Contents 1. Introduction: gender and genre -- 2. Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity -- 3. Ground of representation -- 4. Exordia pugnae: engendering war -- 5. Over her dead body.
Summary Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the critical literature. This study represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalisation within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to. The five chapters can be read either as self-contained essays or as a cumulative exploration of the gender dynamics of the Roman epic tradition. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of gender studies.
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Subject Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Women and literature -- Rome.
Sex role in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.
Women in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Epik şiir, Latin -- Tarih ve eleştiri.
Kadın ve edebiyat -- Roma.
Cinsiyet rolü, Edebiyatta.
Edebiyatta kadın.
Other Form: Print version: Keith, Alison. Engendering Rome. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521554195 052155621X (DLC) 99023184 (OCoLC)41086663
ISBN 0511039646 (electronic book)
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0521554195 (hardback)
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