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The semiotics of Caesar Augustus /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pyy, Elina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2018]
Series:Bloomsbury advances in semiotics.
Subjects:
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > In literature.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > In motion pictures.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > On television.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Civilization, Modern > Roman influences.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Man of many faces: appropriations of Augustus through the ages
  • Pater patriae, pax americana: Augustus' empire in God bless you, Mr Rosewater
  • Augustus the tyrant: ancient history, modern anxieties
  • Augustus in historical fiction
  • Augustus on screen
  • Conclusion: What's in a name? Semiotics of "Caesar Augustus."