Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome

Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome

Michele Lowrie
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Publisher Description

An exploration of the relationship between poetry, song, and authority in Augustan Rome. Michele Lowrie argues that the medium of writing, as opposed to song, could offer an escape from current social and political demands by shifting the focus toward the readership of posterity.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2009
October 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
9.8
MB

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