Theorising Rome /
Theorising Rome asks the questions. What did 'Rome,' the physical location, the political entity, the literary construct, mean in antiquity? Equally, what has it meant in subsequent centuries? This volume addresses these broad questions in a number of complementary ways, and each chapter s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publisher,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Theorising Rome asks the questions. What did 'Rome,' the physical location, the political entity, the literary construct, mean in antiquity? Equally, what has it meant in subsequent centuries? This volume addresses these broad questions in a number of complementary ways, and each chapter shows that ancient Rome has been recontextualized and remade, and, in fact, retheorized, by successive historical periods and literary genres to perform their cultural labor. The contributions here approach this question through the lens of Roman literary, historical and philosophical texts, as well as reception texts which create a new vision of Rome through adaptation, allusion and critique. Whether ancient or modern, these studies show how Rome and Roman texts are recast for each new audience. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 196 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-187) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781527561540 1527561542 |