Writing Rome : textual approaches to the city / Catharine Edwards.

Main entry:

Edwards, Catharine.

Title & Author:

Writing Rome : textual approaches to the city / Catharine Edwards.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Description:

xii, 146 pages ; 20 cm.

Series:

Roman literature and its contexts

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the city of words -- 1. The city of memories -- 2. The city of gods -- 3. The city of empire -- 4. The city of marvels -- 5. The city of exiles -- 6. Epilogue.

Summary:

The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city, were crowded with meanings and associations. These meanings were generated partly through activities associated with particular places, but Rome also took on meanings from literature written about the city: stories of its foundation, praise of its splendid buildings, laments composed by those obliged to leave it. Ancient writers made use of the city to explore the complexities of Roman history, power and identity. This book aims to chart selected aspects of Rome's resonance in literature and the literary resonance of Rome. A wide range of texts are explored, from later periods as well as from antiquity, since, as the author hopes to show, Gibbon, Goethe, and others can be revealing guides for the literary topography of ancient Rome.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521550807 (hardback)
9780521550802 (hardback)
0521559529 (paperback)
9780521559522 (paperback)

Subject:

Bibel Römerbrief
Latin literature History and criticism.
Literature, Modern Roman influences.
City and town life in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
Literature and society Rome.
Littérature latine Histoire et critique.
Littérature Influence romaine.
Vie urbaine dans la littérature.
Villes dans la littérature.
Littérature et société Rome.
Rome (Italie) dans la littérature.
Rome dans la littérature.
Latin literature.
Literature.
Literature and society.
Geschichte
Literatur
Rom
Letterkunde.
Latijn.
Beeldvorming.
Historia antiga roma (sociedade)
Literatura latina (historia e critica)
Vie urbaine Dans la littérature.
Villes Dans la littérature.
Littérature latine Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature moderne Influence latine.
Rome (Italy) In literature.
Rome In literature.
Italy Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Rome (Italie) Dans la littérature.
Latein.
Rom <Motiv>

Form/genre:

Belletristische Darstellung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Roman literature and its contexts.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 131893
Call No.: ID PA6019.E39; ID:97-B258
Status: Available

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