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Reading Ancient Slavery

Reading Ancient Slavery

Proffitt, Laura
Alston, Richard
Hall, Edith

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0715638688
ISBN13: 9780715638682
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: Jan 27 2011
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Studies of ancient slavery have tended to rely on particular types of evidence - inscriptions, legal sources, and historical accounts - whereas literary imaginings of slavery have been relatively under-exploited. Yet these sources illuminate for us the ideologies that allowed slavery to be practised throughout antiquity with virtually no opposition and further to understand how and why slavery was debated and, to some extent, experienced by Greeks and Romans. This volume provides a sustained discussion of the theory and practice of handling ancient literature and art in order to enhance our understanding of ancient slavery.

Twelve essays by an international team of specialists develop a variety of theoretical positions, reading practices and interpretive strategies for recovering the psychological and social impact of ancient slavery from Homer, Aristotle, Greek drama, visual images, Roman poetry and imperial Roman dream interpretation.

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