Textual Permanence : Roman Elegists and Epigraphic Tradition.

Textual Permanence is the first book to examine the influence of the Roman epigraphic tradition on Latin elegiac poetry. The frequent use of invented inscriptions within the works of Rome's elegiac poets suggests a desire to monumentalise elements of the poems and the authors themselves. This b...

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Main Author: Ramsby, Teresa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Elegy and the Inscription; 2. Epitaphic Revelations in Catullus and Propertius; 3. Tibullan Inscriptions: Between Self and Persona; 4. Naso's Inscriptions; 5. The Heroides Inscriptions; 6. Ovid's Epic Inscriptions; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Indices; Index inscriptionum; Index nominum; Index operum maiorum; Index rerum. 
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