Catullus, Cicero, and a society of patrons the generation of the text
"This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly "late Republican" sociotextual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditional...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3840834x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- I. How to write about writing : intersections of terminology and social code : when, what, and where. When? Otium as 'time to write'
- What? Munus as the 'gift of duty'
- Where? Libellus : polished and published
- II. The textualization of display : intersections of rhetoric and social practice (I) : from display to text. The problem with liberal performance
- From public display to textual display
- The poetics of literary obligation
- III. The materialization of the text : intersections of rhetoric and social practice (2) : the dedicated text as "acting object"
- An object of Catullan affection
- Brutus : the dialogic personification of the Republican voice
- Epilogue
- Appendix : What "society of patrons"? A prosopography of the players.
