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Staging memory, staging strife : empire and civil war in the Octavia /

This work offers a new reading of the Octavia as a staging ground in the memory wars surrounding Nero's fall. Through an innovative combination of cultural memory theory and intertextual analysis, Ginsberg argues that the play reimagines the imperial family as waging war on itself and its peopl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ginsberg, Lauren Donovan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Octavia (Praetexta)
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Rome > History > Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-68 (Julio-Claudiens)
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Rome (Empire)
30 B.C.-68 A.D.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This work offers a new reading of the Octavia as a staging ground in the memory wars surrounding Nero's fall. Through an innovative combination of cultural memory theory and intertextual analysis, Ginsberg argues that the play reimagines the imperial family as waging war on itself and its people, challenging their claim that with empire came peace.--Publisher description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 229 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190275969
0190275960
9780190275976
0190275979