{"product_id":"texts-and-violence-in-the-roman-world-hardback-9781107027145","title":"Texts and Violence in the Roman World (Hardback) 9781107027145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTexts and Violence in the Roman World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide-ranging study of violence in Latin literature, across the spectrum of texts and genres from Plautus to Prudentius.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMonica R. Gale (Edited by), J. H. D. Scourfield (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107027145, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the bites and scratches of lovers and the threat of flogging that hangs over the comic slave, to murder, rape, dismemberment, and crucifixion, violence is everywhere in Latin literature. The contributors to this volume explore the manifold ways in which violence is constructed and represented in Latin poetry and prose from Plautus to Prudentius, examining the interrelations between violence, language, power, and gender, and the narrative, rhetorical, and ideological functions of such depictions across the generic spectrum. How does violence contribute to the pleasure of the text? Do depictions of violence always reinforce status-hierarchies, or can they provoke a reassessment of normative value-systems? Is the reader necessarily complicit with authorial constructions of violence? These are pressing questions both for ancient literature and for film and other modern media, and this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of cultural studies as well as of the ancient world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction – reading Roman violence Monica R. Gale and J. H. D. Scourfield\u003cbr\u003e 1. Comic violence and the citizen body David Konstan and Shilpa Raval\u003cbr\u003e 2. Contemplating violence: Lucretius' 'De rerum natura' Monica R. Gale\u003cbr\u003e 3. Discipline and punish – Horatian satire and the formation of the self Paul Allen Miller\u003cbr\u003e 4. Make war not love: militia amoris and domestic violence in Roman elegy Donncha O'Rourke\u003cbr\u003e 5. Violence and resistance in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' Carole E. Newlands\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tales of the unexpurgated (Cert PG) – Seneca's Audionasties (Controversiae 2.5, 10.4) John Henderson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Dismemberment and the critics – Seneca's 'Phaedra' Duncan F. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Violence and alienation in Lucan's 'Pharsalia' – the case of Caesar Efrossini Spentzou\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tacitus and the language of violence Bruce J. Gibson\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cruel narrative: Apuleius' 'Golden Ass' William Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e 11. Violence and the Christian heroine – two narratives of desire J. H. D. Scourfield.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Plays, playscripts [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plays, playscripts\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plays,%20playscripts%20%5BDD%5D%22\"\u003eDD\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20%5BDC%5D%22\"\u003eDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913145049368,"sku":"9781107027145","price":85.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107027145i_242cf9b9-2432-4277-83a8-d26b424fb187.jpg?v=1691361202","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/texts-and-violence-in-the-roman-world-hardback-9781107027145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}