9780812233902 - latinity and literary society at rome von bloomer, w. martin (5 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Contents; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Contested Ground of Latinitas -- 1. Literary Censors and Marble Latin -- 2. Latin Experts and Roman Masters -- 3. The Rhetoric of Freedmen: The Fables of Phaedrus -- 4. Declamatory Pleading: A New Literary History -- 5. The Imperial Mask of Rhetoric: Animus and Vultus in the Annals of Tacitus -- 6. The Rival in the Text -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- General Index. Subjects; Books and reading Rome. Latin language Social aspects Rome. Latin literature History and criticism. Literature and society Rome. Rhetoric, Ancient. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust jacket is fully intact. Clean and fresh contents. Otherwise, in good overall condition. Publisher's note: Latinity and Literary Society at Rome reaches back to the early Roman empire to examine attitudes toward Latinity, reviewing the contested origins of scholarly Latin in the polemical arena of Roman literature. W. Martin Bloomer shows how that literature's reflections on correct and incorrect speech functioned as part of a wider understanding of social relations and national identity in Rome. Bloomer's investigation begins with questions about the sociology of Latin literature - what interests were served by the creation of high style and how literary stylization constituted a system of social decorum - and goes on to offer readings of selected texts. Through studies of works ranging from Varro's De lingua latina to the verse fables of Augustus's freedman Phaedrus to the Annals of Tacitus, Bloomer examines conflicting claims to style not simply to set true Latin against vulgarism but also to ask who is excluding whom, why, and by what means 327 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Rome (Empire); Books and reading; Latin language--Social aspects; Latin literature; Literature and society; Rhetoric, Ancient; ISBN: 0812233905. ISBN/EAN: 9780812233902. Add. Inventory No: 251215HAE018357.…

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorW. Martin Bloomer is Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility.KlappentextrnrnFor centuries after the fall of the .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For centuries after the fall of the Roman empire, the ability to write and speak pure Latin was the mark of the true scholar. But although such skill was esteemed in medieval times, the language of ancient Rome was as various as the styles of slaves and masters. Latinity and Literary Society at Rome reaches back to the early Roman empire to examine attitudes toward latinity, reviewing the contested origins of scholarly Latin in the polemical arena of Roman literature. W. Martin Bloomer shows how that literature's reflections on correct and incorrect speech functioned as part of a wider understanding of social relations and national identity in Rome. Bloomer's investigation begins with questions about the sociology of Latin literature-what interests were served by the creation of high style and how literary stylization constituted a system of social decorum-and goes on to offer readings of selected texts. Through studies of works ranging from Varro's De lingua latina to the verse fables of Augustine's freeman Phaedrus to the Annals of Tacitus, Bloomer examines conflicting claims to style not simply to set true Latin against vulgarism but also to ask who is excluding whom, why, and by what means. These texts exemplify the ways Roman literature employs representations of, and reflections on, proper and improper language to mirror the interests of specific groups who wished to maintain or establish their place in Roman society. They show how writers sought to influence the fundamental social issue of who had the power to confer legitimacy of speech and how their works used claims of linguistic propriety to reinforce the definition of 'Romanness.' Through Bloomer's study latinity emerges as a contested field of identity and social polemic heretofore unrecognized in classical scholarship. With its fresh interpretations of major and minor texts, Latinity and Literary Society at Rome is a literary history that significantly advances our understanding of the place of language in ancient Rome. …