An edition of The politics of Latin literature (1998)

The politics of Latin literature

writing, identity, and empire in ancient Rome

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An edition of The politics of Latin literature (1998)

The politics of Latin literature

writing, identity, and empire in ancient Rome

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This is the first book to describe the intimate relationship between Latin literature and the politics of ancient Rome. Until now, most scholars have viewed classical Latin literature as a product of aesthetic concerns. Thomas Habinek shows, however, that literature was also a cultural practice that emerged from and intervened in the political and social struggles at the heart of the Roman world.

Habinek considers major works by such authors as Cato, Cicero, Horace, Ovid, and Seneca. He shows that, from its beginnings in the late third century B.C.E. to its eclipse by Christian literature six hundred years later, classical literature six hundred years later, classical literature served the evolving interests of Roman and, more particularly, aristocratic power.

It fostered a prestige dialect, for example; it appropriated the cultural resources of dominated and colonized communities; and it helped to defuse potentially explosive challenges to prevailing values and authority.

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234

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The Politics of Latin Literature: Writing, Identity, and Empire in Ancient Rome.
January 1, 2001, Princeton University Press
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The politics of Latin literature: writing, identity, and empire in ancient Rome
1998, Princeton University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-221) and indexes.

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Princeton, N.J

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Dewey Decimal Class
870.9/001
Library of Congress
PA6029.P64 H33 1998, PA6029.P64H33 1998

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Pagination
234 p. ;
Number of pages
234

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Open Library
OL692840M
Internet Archive
politicslatinlit00habi
ISBN 10
0691068275
LCCN
97040074
OCLC/WorldCat
37640551
Library Thing
378547
Goodreads
3879431

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