Wordplay and Powerplay in Latin Poetry

ISBN-13: 9783110472523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 458 str.

Phillip Mitsis; Ioannis Ziogas

Opis

Taking their point of departure from Frederick Ahl s pioneering work, the distinguished scholars in this volume have come together to re-examine the relation of poetry and power in the context of authoritarian regimes in ancient Rome and to examine the ways that poets not only commented on imperial politics, but also were direct participants in the construction of that political reality. "

Recenzje

"The papers are uniformly excellent and reveal many ways in which the authors covered engaged in various sorts of literary subterfuge. [...] 'Wordplay and Powerplay in Latin Poetry' succeeds in demonstrating multiple manifestations of the anxiety experienced by poets from the time of Augustus to Domitian, when it was deemed critical to mask identities and intentions by way of self-conscious and learned 'play'. The collection is an eloquent tribute to Professor Ahl."
James J. Clauss in: Gnomon 4/90/2018: 309-313

O autorze

Phillip Mitsis, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, Vereinte Arab. Emirate; Ioannis Ziogas, Durham University, Durham, Großbritannien.