Nothing ordinary here : Statius as creator of distinction in the Silvae
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Nothing ordinary here : Statius as creator of distinction in the Silvae
（Studies in classics / edited by Dirk Obbink, Andrew Dyck）
Routledge, 2005
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Bibliography: p. 305-317
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Through a combined methodology of philology, social theory and archaeology this book offers a reinterpretation of Statius's Silvae.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Review of Scholarship
- P. Bourdieu's Theory of Distinction 1. Statius as a Legitimate Spokesperson 2. Manifestations of Material Wealth 3. Statius' Language of Wealth 4. Distinction Silvae 1.2: Stella and Violentilla: the distinction of poetry Silvae 1.5: Claudius Etruscus' Balneum : the distintion of taste Silvae 2.1: Melior and Glaucias: the distintion of paternal pietas Silvae 4.8: Julius Menecrates and Pollius Felix: the distinction of fatherhood and grandfatherhood Silvae 2.2: Pollius Felix: the distinction of Epicurean Quies Silvae 4.6: Novius Vindex: the distinction of connoisseurship Silvae 5.2: Crispinus: the distinction of youth and pedigree Silvae 5.1: Priscilla: the distinction of a women for the distinction of a man Conclusion: Statius' vox aurea
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