In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media. Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of...
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In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media. Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of presenting what a poet does. In a culture of highly polished book production where recitation was the fashion, to claim to sing or to write was one means of self-definition. Lowrie assesses the stakes of poetic claims to one mediumor another. Generic definition is an important factor. Epic and lyric have traditional associations with song, while the lit
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Contents; 1. Arma uirumque cano; 2. Some Background; PART I: WRITING, PERFORMANCE, AND PERFORMATIVITY; 3. The Performance of Horatian Lyric: The Limits of Reference; 4. Horatian Lyric and Metaphorical Truths; 5. At the Limits of Performativity: The Carmen saeculare; 6. Monument and Festival in Vergil; 7. Elegy: Overcoming Inability; PART II: PERFORMANCE AND THE AUGUSTAN LITERARY EPISTLE; 8. Love and Semiotics; 9. Beyond Performance Envy: Horace, Epistles 2. 1; 10. De- and Re-contextualization: Horace, Epistles 1. 19; 11. Ovid's Triumphs in Exile: Representation and Power
PART III: WRITING, PERFORMANCE, AND POLITICS12. Auctoritas and Representation: Augustus' Res gestae; 13. Occasion and Monument: The Ara Pacis; PART IV: READING AND THE LAW; 14. Literature and the Law: Horace, Sermones 2. 1; 15. Inscription and Testimony: Propertius 4. 11; 16. The Pragmatics of Literature: Ovid; Abbreviations; References; Index locorum; A; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X