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A Companion to Petronius
Edward Courtney
Paperback - $106.95
This is the first modern commentary on Petronius' Satyrica. It begins with basic background information, then surveys each episode in order that leading themes emerge. Finally, it gives an overview of Petronius' use of literary allusion and symbolism ...
The Family Novel in North America from Post-War to Post-Millennium - A Study in Genre
Kerstin Dell
Paperback - $218.95
The Ghosts of the Past : Latin Literature, the Dead, and Rome's Transition to a Principate
Basil Dufallo
Hardcover - $107.95
The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome
Catharine Edwards
Hardcover - $210.95
This book addresses the question not how immoral the ancient Romans were but why the literature they produced is so preoccupied with immorality. The modern image of immoral Rome derives from ancient accounts which are largely critical rather than cel ...
Writing Rome : Textual Approaches to the City
Catharine Edwards
Paperback - $69.95
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.
Apologetics in the Roman Empire : Pagans, Jews, and Christians
Mickey Edwards
Hardcover - $460.95
This book is a comprehensive survey of the dialogue between pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire up to the time when Constantine declared himself a Christian. Each chapter is written by a distinguished scholar and is devoted to a single t ...
Roman Literary Culture : From Cicero to Apuleius
Elaine Fantham
Paperback - $48.95
This is a book that needed to be written in answer to a deep gap in our resources on Latin literature. . . we owe Fantham much gratitude for having the energy and wisdom to undertake this demanding and original project. Every Latinist should study he ...
Latin Language and Latin Culture : From Ancient to Modern Times
Joseph Farrell
Paperback - $69.95
The Latin language is popularly imagined in a number of specific ways: as a masculine language, an imperial language, a classical language, a dead language. This book considers the sources of these metaphors and analyzes their effect on how Latin lit ...
The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence : Emperors of Debauchery
Geoffrey Farrington
Paperback - $24.95
This volume collects the poetry and prose that served as the model and inspiration for so much of fin-de-siecle English and French writing, providing a vivid picture of sexual excess and debauchery in a cruel and violent society which has never cease ...