Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts)

Edwards, Catharine

ISBN 10: 0521559529 / ISBN 13: 9780521559522

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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This copy has no creasing, some light rubbing of the covers. Interior text is clean and tight in binding.

Seller Inventory # 605911

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Roman Literature and its Contexts)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521559529
• ISBN 13: 9780521559522
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

What did the city of Rome mean to ancient Romans? Roman writers, Cicero, Virgil, Juvenal and others, described their city in many different ways: they marveled at its beauty, they despaired of its dirt, they explored its history, they lamented its absence. Their writings have played a vital part in determining responses to the city both in their own time and in later centuries. This book explores a wide range of descriptions of the city from later periods as well as from antiquity.

From the Back Cover

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.