A companion to Latin literature

Author(s)

• Harrison, S. J.

Bibliographic Information

A companion to Latin literature

edited by Stephen Harrison

（Blackwell companions to the ancient world）

Blackwell, 2007

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-443) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD. Provides expert overview of the main periods of Latin literary history, major genres, and key themes Covers all the major Latin works of prose and poetry, from Ennius to Augustine, including Lucretius, Cicero, Catullus, Livy, Vergil, Seneca, and Apuleius Includes invaluable reference material - dictionary entries on authors, chronological chart of political and literary history, and an annotated bibliography Serves as both a discursive literary history and a general reference book

Table of Contents

List of Figures viii Chronological Table ix Notes on Contributors xii Preface xvi Reference Works: Abbreviations xvii Introduction: Constructing Latin Literature 1 Stephen Harrison PART I PERIODS 13 1 The Early Republic: the Beginnings to 90 BC 15 Sander M. Goldberg 2 The Late Republican/Triumviral Period: 90-40 BC 31 D. S. Levene 3 The Augustan Period: 40 BC-AD 14 44 Joseph Farrell 4 The Early Empire: AD 14-68 58 Roland Mayer 5 The High Empire: AD 69-200 69 Bruce Gibson PART II GENRES 81 6 Narrative Epic 83 Philip Hardie 7 Didactic Epic 101 Monica Gale 8 Roman Tragedy 116 Elaine Fantham 9 Comedy, Atellane Farce and Mime 130 Costas Panayotakis 10 Pastoral 148 Stephen Heyworth 11 Love Elegy 159 Roy Gibson 12 Satire 174 Llewelyn Morgan 13 Lyric and Iambic 189 Stephen Harrison 14 Epigram 201 Lindsay C. Watson 15 The Novel 213 Stephen Harrison 16 Dialogues and Treatises 223 J. G. F. Powell 17 Historiography and Biography 241 Christina Shuttleworth Kraus 18 Oratory 257 D. H. Berry 19 Epistolography 270 Catharine Edwards PART III THEMES 285 20 Decline and Nostalgia 287 Stephen Harrison 21 Art and Text 300 Jas Elsner 22 The Passions 319 Robert A. Kaster 23 Sex and Gender 331 A. M. Keith 24 Friendship and Patronage 345 David Konstan 25 Romans and Others 360 Yasmin Syed 26 Marriage and Family 372 Susan Treggiari 27 Slavery and Class 385 Thomas Habinek 28 Centre and Periphery 394 Alessandro Barchiesi Bibliography 406 Index 444

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Details

• NCID: BA83003870
• ISBN:
  • 9781405161312
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 450 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA6004
  • DC22 : 870.9/001
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Latin literature -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Latin literature -- Themes, motives -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Authors, Latin -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Rome -- Intellectual life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Rome -- In literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62965076