Roman Poetry and Propaganda in the Age of Augustus - Bristol Classical Paperbacks

Marc Notes: Selected conference papers.; Originally published: 1992.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Editor s Preface viiNotes on Contributors viii1. Si licet et fas est: Ovid s Fasti and the Problem 1 of Free Speech under the Principate (D. C. Feeney)2. Augustan and Anti-Augustan: Reflections 26 on Terms of Reference (Duncan F. Kennedy)3. Augustan Poets and the Mutability of Rome 59 (Philip Hardie)4. Ovid and the Birth of Maiestats (Nicola Mackie) 835. Augustan Cleopatras: Female Power and Poetic 98 Authority (Maria Wyke)6. The Aeneid and the Embarrasments of Augustus 141 (Anton Powell) Index 175Publisher Marketing: The political aspects of Augustan poetry have attracted much academic interest. The aim of this study is to take account of the effects of Augustan propaganda not only on the work of contemporary Roman writers, but also on the critical tradition itself. The six essays presented in this volume explore the political themes in the work of major poets such as Virgil, Ovid, Horace and Propertius. Using traditional as well as post-structuralist approaches, the essays examine the controversies of the Civil Wars, the emerging issues of treason and free speech and changing representations of Cleopatra and female power.

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