| Elegiac Eyes: Vision in Roman Love Elegy Contributor(s): Garrison, Daniel H. (Other), Raucci, Stacie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433113155 ISBN-13: 9781433113154 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $90.73 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 2011027060 |
| Series: Lang Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 173 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elegiac Eyes is an in-depth examination of vision and spectacle in Roman love elegy. It approaches vision from the perspective of Roman cultural modes of viewing and locates its analysis in close textual readings of Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. The paradoxical nature of the Roman eyes, which according to contemporary optical theories were able to penetrate and be penetrated, as well as the complex role of vision in society, provided the elegists with a productive canvas for their poems. By locating the elegists' visual games within their contemporary context, Elegiac Eyes demonstrates how the elegists were manipulating notions that were specifically Roman and familiar to their readership. |
