The closure of space in Roman poetics : empire's inward turn /

"This ambitious book investigates a major yet underexplored nexus of themes in Roman cultural history: the evolving tropes of enclosure, retreat and compressed space within expanding, potentially borderless empire. In Roman writers' exploration of real and symbolic enclosures - caves, corn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rimell, Victoria (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Latin poetry > History and criticism. Space (Architecture) in literature. Space perception in literature. Literature and society > Rome. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Latin poetry. Literature and society. Rome (Empire) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: interior designs; 1. Empire without end: opening, expansion, enclosure; 2. All four corners of the world: Horace's enclaves; 3. Roman philosophy and the house of being: Seneca's Letters; 4. Blood, sweat and fears in the Roman baths; 5. Imperial enclosure, epic spectacle; 6. The homeless problem: exile, entrapment, desire.