Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome.

Examines the ways in which emotions, and talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. This book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation, and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in...

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Main Author:	Kaster, Robert A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Classical culture and society.
Subjects:	Latin literature > History and criticism. Emotions in literature. Literature and society > Rome. Ethics, Ancient, in literature. Self-control in literature. Upper class in literature. Communities in literature. Upper class > Rome. Rome > In literature. Littérature latine > Histoire et critique. Littérature et société > Rome. Morale ancienne dans la littérature. Maîtrise de soi dans la littérature. Classes supérieures dans la littérature. Communauté dans la littérature. Classes supérieures > Rome. Rome. Ancient. HISTORY. Ancient & Classical. LITERARY CRITICISM. Communities in literature Emotions in literature Ethics, Ancient, in literature Latin literature Literature Literature and society Self-control in literature Upper class Upper class in literature Rome (Empire) Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Emotion, restraint, and community in ancient Rome /

by Kaster, Robert A.
Published 2005

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