Writing Rome by Catharine Edwards

Writing Rome by Catharine Edwards

The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city, were crowded with meanings and associations. These meanings were generated partly through activities associated with particular places, but Rome also took on meanings from literature written about the city: stories of its foundation, praise of its splendid buildings, laments composed by those obliged to leave it. Ancient writers made use of the city to explore the complexities of Roman history, power and identity. This book aims to chart selected aspects of Rome's resonance in literature and the literary resonance of Rome. A wide range of texts are explored, from later periods as well as from antiquity, since, as the author hopes to show, Gibbon, Goethe and others can be revealing guides to the literary topography of ancient Rome.

"..[a] rich volume..." New York Sun
"...this stimulating book.... ...led me to think in fresh ways about the peculiar dynamic of Roman literature...." Lee T. Pearcy, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"...this stimulating book....led me to think in fresh ways about the peculiar dynamic of Roman literature in which global assertations are intimately connected to specific persons and places." Lee T. Pearcy, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Edwards, Catharine: - Catharine Edwards is Lecturer in Ancient History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her previous books include Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (1996; HB 0521 550807; PB 0521 559529).

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ISBN 13	9780521559522
ISBN 10	0521559529
Title	Writing Rome
Author	Catharine Edwards
Series	Roman Literature And Its Contexts
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1996-10-10
Number of pages	164
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