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Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic

Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic

Keith, A. M.
Keith, Alison
Feeney, D. C.

Paperback

Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts

Poetry CriticismGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 052155621X
ISBN13: 9780521556217
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 24 2000
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.12 Depth: 7.79
Language: English
This study examines the role of female characters in the Roman epic poetry of Virgil, Ovid and other writers. Its five chapters argue that the feminized landscapes, militaristic women, and beautiful female corpses of the Roman epic tradition should be interpreted in conjunction with the use of the genre by ancient educators as a means of inculcating Roman codes of masculinity and femininity in their pupils. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of later poetic traditions and to those pursuing gender studies.

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