Roman Error: Classical Reception and the Problem of Rome's Flaws (Classical Presences) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198803036 ISBN 13: 9780198803034

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

In the eyes of posterity, ancient Rome is deeply flawed; yet its faults have not only provoked censure but also inspired wayward and novel forms of thought and representation. This volume is the first to examine this phenomenon in depth, demonstrating that the reception of Roman "errors" has been far more complex than sweeping denunciation.

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About the Author

Basil Dufallo, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan

Basil Dufallo is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. He is the author of two monographs - The Ghosts of the Past: Latin Literature, the Dead, and Rome's Transition to a Principate (The Ohio State University Press, 2007) and The Captor's Image: Greek Culture in Roman Ecphrasis (OUP, 2013) - as well as articles on Latin literature and Roman culture, and has also co-edited, with Peggy McCracken, the volume Dead Lovers: Erotic Bonds and the Study of Premodern Europe (University of Michigan Press, 2006).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198803036
• ISBN 13: 9780198803034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Dufallo Basil