Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire write by Albrecht Dihle. This book was released on 2013-02-01. Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Professor Dihle sees the Greek and Latin literature between the 1st century B.C. and the 6th century A.D. as an organic progression. He builds on Schlegel's observation that art, customs and political life in classical antiquity are inextricably entwined and therefore should not be examined separately. Dihle does not simply consider narrowly defined `literature', but all works of cultural socio-historical significance, including Jewish and Christian literature, philosophy and science. Despite this, major authors like Seneca, Tacitus and Plotinus are considered individually. This work is an authoritative yet personal presentation of seven hundred years of literature.
The Politics of Latin Literature
The Politics of Latin Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Latin Literature write by Thomas N. Habinek. This book was released on 2001-11-13. The Politics of Latin Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. to its eclipse by Christian 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. Literature also drew upon and enhanced other forms of social authority, such as patriarchy, religious ritual, cultural identity, and the aristocratic procedure of self-scrutiny, or existimatio. Habinek's analysis of the relationship between language and power in classical Rome breaks from the long Romantic tradition of viewing Roman authors as world-weary figures, aloof from mundane political concerns--a view, he shows, that usually reflects how scholars have seen themselves. The Politics of Latin Literature will stimulate new interest in the historical context of Latin literature and help to integrate classical studies into ongoing debates about the sociology of writing.
Beyond Greek
Beyond Greek - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Greek write by Denis Feeney. This book was released on 2016-01-01. Beyond Greek available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A History Today Best Book of the Year A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Horace, and other authors of ancient Rome are so firmly established in the Western canon today that the birth of Latin literature seems inevitable. Yet, Denis Feeney boldly argues, the beginnings of Latin literature were anything but inevitable. The cultural flourishing that in time produced the Aeneid, the Metamorphoses, and other Latin classics was one of the strangest events in history. “Feeney is to be congratulated on his willingness to put Roman literary history in a big comparative context...It is a powerful testimony to the importance of Denis Feeney’s work that the old chestnuts of classical literary history—how the Romans got themselves Hellenized, and whether those jack-booted thugs felt anxiously belated or smugly domineering in their appropriation of Greek culture for their own purposes—feel fresh and urgent again.” —Emily Wilson, Times Literary Supplement “[Feeney’s] bold theme and vigorous writing render Beyond Greek of interest to anyone intrigued by the history and literature of the classical world.” —The Economist
Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire
Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire write by Albrecht Dihle. This book was released on 2013-02-01. Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Professor Dihle sees the Greek and Latin literature between the 1st century B.C. and the 6th century A.D. as an organic progression. He builds on Schlegel's observation that art, customs and political life in classical antiquity are inextricably entwined and therefore should not be examined separately. Dihle does not simply consider narrowly defined `literature', but all works of cultural socio-historical significance, including Jewish and Christian literature, philosophy and science. Despite this, major authors like Seneca, Tacitus and Plotinus are considered individually. This work is an authoritative yet personal presentation of seven hundred years of literature.
Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire write by Consuelo Ruiz-Montero. This book was released on 2020-02-05. Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Orality was the backbone of ancient Greek culture throughout its different periods. This volume will serve to deepen the reader’s knowledge of how Greek texts circulated during the Roman Empire. The studies included here approach the subject from both a literary and a sociocultural point of view, illuminating the interconnections between literary and social practices. Topics considered include epigraphy, the rhetoric of transmitting the texts, language and speech, performance, theatre, narrative representation, material culture, and the interaction of different cultures. Since orality is a widespread phenomenon in the Greek-speaking world of the Roman Empire, this book draws the reader’s attention to under-researched texts and inscriptions.
