The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. Examining every major poet from Catullus to Ovid, Subjecting Verses presents the first comprehensive history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's.
Paul Allen Miller harmoniously weds close readings of the poetry with insights from theoreticians as diverse as Jameson, Foucault, Lacan, and Zizek. In welcome contrast to previous, thematic studies of elegy--efforts that have become bogged down in determining whether particular themes and poets were pro- or anti-Augustan--Miller offers a new, "symptomatic" history. He asks two obvious but rarely posed questions: what historical conditions were necessary to produce elegy, and what provoked its decline? Ultimately, he argues that elegiac poetry arose from a fundamental split in the nature of subjectivity that occurred in the late first century--a split symptomatic of the historical changes taking place at the time.
Subjecting Verses is a major interpretive feat whose influence will reach across classics and literary studies. Linking the rise of elegy with changes in how Romans imagined themselves within a rapidly changing society, it offers a new model of literary theory that neither reduces the poems to a reflection of their context nor examines them in a vacuum.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"This work offers a panoramic analysis of a major literary genre, important for historic as well as aesthetic reasons, and of the scholarship produced on it over the past century. It applies a range of sophisticated contemporary theoretical perspectives to illuminate the genre as a whole and specific texts within it. Its close readings abound with new insights."--Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland, College Park
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 11.35
From Ireland to U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624. . 2003. Hardcover. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780691096742
Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's. Seller Inventory # B9780691096742
Book Description hardback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780691096742
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780691096742_new
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780691096742
Book Description Condition: New. The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624. . 2003. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780691096742
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0691096740
Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9780691096742
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-0691096740
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.37. Seller Inventory # Q-0691096740