Writing Rome : formations of the city

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Writing Rome : formations of the city

Catharine Edwards

(Roman literature and its contexts)

Cambridge University Press, 1996

  • : hardback
  • : paperback

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Includes bibliographical references (p.136-142) and index

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内容説明

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 to the literary topography of ancient Rome.

目次

  • 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
  • Epilogue: the transcendent city.

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