The Roman Mistress

Ancient and Modern Representations

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

From Latin love poetry's dominating and enslaving beloveds, to modern popular culture's infamous Cleopatras and Messalinas, representations of the Roman mistress (or the mistress of Romans) have brought into question both ancient and modern genders and political systems. The Roman Mistress explores representations of transgressive women in Latin love poetry and British television drama, in Roman historiography and nineteenth-century Italian anthropology, on classical coinage and college websites, as poetic metaphor and in the Hollywood star system. In a highly accessible style, the book makes an important and original contribution simultaneously to feminist scholarship on antiquity, the classical tradition, and cultural studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-04
Mått:137 x 215 x 25 mm
Vikt:573 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:464
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199228331

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Maria Wyke is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading

Recensioner i media

The Roman Mistress is a useful read for anyone who wishes to understand the feminist perspective on Roman elegy ... Wyke's index and bibliography are exceptionally helpful ... essential reading for those who wish to learn how the Classics have been adapted for twentieth and twenty-first century audiences.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; I. LOVE POETRY ; 1. Mistress and Metaphor in Augustan Elegy ; 2. Written Women: Propertius' scripta puella (2. 10-13) ; 3. The Elegiac Woman at Rome: Propertius Book 4 ; 4. Reading Female Flesh: Ovid Amores 3. 1 ; 5. Taking the Woman's Part: Gender and Scholarship on Love Elegy ; II. RECEPTION ; 6. Meretrix regina: Augustan Cleopatras ; 7. Oriental Vamp; Cleopatra 1910s ; 8. Glamour Girl: Cleopatra 1930s-1960s ; 9. Meretrix Augusta: Messalina 1870s-1920s ; 10. Suburban Feminist: Messalina 1930s-1970s