Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic

ISBN-13: 9780521556217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 162 str.

A. M. Keith; D. C. Feeney; Stephen Hinds

Opis

This study examines the role of female characters in the Roman epic poetry of Virgil, Ovid and other writers. Its five chapters argue that the feminized landscapes, militaristic women, and beautiful female corpses of the Roman epic tradition should be interpreted in conjunction with the use of the genre by ancient educators as a means of inculcating Roman codes of masculinity and femininity in their pupils. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of later poetic traditions and to those pursuing gender studies.

Recenzje

'… until now no single author has attempted in monograph form to provide an overview of the representation of women in Latin Epic. A. M. Keith's slim but thought-provoking monograph on the role of women in Roman epic poetry, published as part of the Cambridge University Press' series on 'Roman Literature and Its Contexts', is a timely and valuable contribution to the subject … unique and important … Anyone teaching or studying Roman epic and the role of women will need to consult it in the first instance.' Comptes Rendus

Spis treści

1. Introduction: gender and genre; 2. Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity; 3. The ground of representation; 4. Exordia pugnae: engendering war; 5. Over her dead body; 6. Epilogue.