ISBN: 9780191571695

In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media.Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writin… Meer...

In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media.Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of presenting what a poet does.In a culture of highly polished book production where recitation was the fashion, to claim to sing or to write was one means of self-definition.Lowrie assesses the stakes of poeticclaims to one medium or another.Generic definition is an important factor. Epic and lyric have traditional associations with song, while the literary epistle is obviously written.But issues of poetic interpretability and power matter even more.The choice of medium contributes to the debate about the relativepotency of rival discourses, specifically poetry, politics, and the law.Writing could offer an escape from the social and political demands of the moment by shifting the focus toward the readership of posterity. ; PDF; Reference & Languages > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studi, OUP Oxford<

ISBN: 9780191571695

In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media.Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writin… Meer...

In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media.Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of presenting what a poet does.In a culture of highly polished book production where recitation was the fashion, to claim to sing or to write was one means of self-definition.Lowrie assesses the stakes of poeticclaims to one medium or another.Generic definition is an important factor. Epic and lyric have traditional associations with song, while the literary epistle is obviously written.But issues of poetic interpretability and power matter even more.The choice of medium contributes to the debate about the relativepotency of rival discourses, specifically poetry, politics, and the law.Writing could offer an escape from the social and political demands of the moment by shifting the focus toward the readership of posterity. ; PDF; Reference & Languages > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studi, OUP Oxford<

2009, ISBN: 9780191571695

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media. Song has links to the divine… Meer...

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media. Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of presenting what a poet does. In a culture of highly polished book production where recitation was the fashion, to claim to sing or to write was one means of self-definition. Lowrie assesses the stakes of poeticclaims to one medium or another. Generic definition is an important factor. Epic and lyric have traditional associations with song, while the literary epistle is obviously written. But issues of poetic interpretability and power matter even more. The choice of medium contributes to the debate about the relativepotency of rival discourses, specifically poetry, politics, and the law. Writing could offer an escape from the social and political demands of the moment by shifting the focus toward the readership of posterity. [PU: OUP Oxford], Seiten: 448, OUP Oxford, 2009<

ISBN: 9780191571695

An exploration of the relationship between poetry, song, and authority in Augustan Rome.Michele Lowrie argues that the medium of writing, as opposed to song, could offer an escape from cu… Meer...

An exploration of the relationship between poetry, song, and authority in Augustan Rome.Michele Lowrie argues that the medium of writing, as opposed to song, could offer an escape from current social and political demands by shifting the focus toward the readership of posterity. ; PDF; Reference & Languages > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studi, OUP Oxford<

2009, ISBN: 9780191571695

eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: OUP Oxford], OUP Oxford, 2009