Rival authorities : elegy and philosophy on love -- The nature of jealousy -- The triggers of jealousy : suspicions and evidence -- Responses to jealousy: violence and restraint -- The lover as poet : trust and distrust of poets -- What jealousy is about : threats to fides
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Oxford University Press USA - OSO, Cary
The Elegiac Passion is a study of the central role of jealousy in Roman love elegy, both the detailed ways in which it is represented and the ramifications of these features for the nature of the genre itself. Cover -- Contents -- Preface --...
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The Elegiac Passion is a study of the central role of jealousy in Roman love elegy, both the detailed ways in which it is represented and the ramifications of these features for the nature of the genre itself. Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- THE EMOTIONS IN GENERAL -- DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY -- THE DISEASE THAT CANNOT BE NAMED -- WHY ROMAN ELEGY IS DISTINCTIVE -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- 1. Rival Authorities: Elegy and Philosophy on Love -- THE LOVER'S PLIGHT -- THE DIAGNOSIS: LOVE AS ILLNESS -- THE ELEGIAC CURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2. The Nature of Jealousy -- THE SYMPTOMS OF JEALOUSY -- Expectations of Fidelity (Propertius 1.3) -- Unrestrained Suspicions (Propertius 1.3) -- Vehement Reactions (Propertius 3.15) -- Jealousy Out in the Open (Ovid Amores 2.7) -- Gender and Showing One's Feelings -- WHEN JEALOUSY IS APPROPRIATE (OR NOT) -- When Jealousy Is Counterproductive -- When Jealousy Is Demanded -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3. The Triggers of Jealousy: Suspicions and Evidence -- FEMALE SKEPTICISM -- MALE CREDULITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Responses to Jealousy: Violence and Restraint -- FEMALE AGGRESSION -- MALE ATTEMPTS AT SELF-CONTROL -- LOSS OF SELF-CONTROL -- CRIMES OF PASSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. The Lover as Poet: Trust and Distrust of Poets -- INTERNAL READERS: LOVE POETS AS RIVALS -- Suspicious Monitoring -- Boasts and Threats -- EXTERNAL READERS: VICARIOUS PARTICIPANTS IN JEALOUSY -- Visualization and Identification -- Doubts and Suspicions -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6. What Jealousy Is About: Threats to Fides -- THE IMPORTANCE OF FIDES -- THE RANGE OF FIDES -- Civil War (Propertius 1.21 and 1.22) -- Family and History (Propertius 2.6) -- Rome and the East (Propertius 3.13) -- CONCLUSIONS -- Conclusion: A Genre Structured by Jealousy -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.