Slavery and the Roman literary imagination

Slavery and the Roman literary imagination / William Fitzgerald.

This book deals with the ways in which the Roman literary imagination explored the phenomenon of slavery. It discusses the ideological relation of Roman literature to the institution of slavery, and the ways in which slavery provided a metaphor for other relationships and experiences, and in particu...

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Main Author: Fitzgerald, William, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Roman literature and its contexts.
Subjects:
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Slavery > Rome > History.
Enslaved persons > Rome.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Latin literature
Slavery
Slavery in literature
Enslaved persons
Literatur
Sklaverei
Sklave
Antike
Sklaverei > Motiv
Slaven (arbeid)
Letterkunde.
Latijn.
Literatura latina (história e crítica)
Escravos (história) > Roma (itália)
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Griechenland > Altertum
Latein.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:This book deals with the ways in which the Roman literary imagination explored the phenomenon of slavery. It discusses the ideological relation of Roman literature to the institution of slavery, and the ways in which slavery provided a metaphor for other relationships and experiences, and in particular for literature itself.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 129 pages).
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and indexes.
ISBN:0511040733
9780511040733
9780511612541
0511612540
9780511049279
0511049277
0511152396
9780511152399
9786610421114
6610421110
1280421118
9781280421112
0511173334
9780511173332
0511323352
9780511323355
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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