Catullus, Cicero, and a society of patrons : the generation of the text / Sarah Culpepper Stroup.
| Author/creator |
Stroup, Sarah Culpepper, 1967- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
| Description | xiv, 308 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Cover image |
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| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. How to Write about Writing: 1. When? Otium as 'time to write'; 2. What? Munus as the 'gift of duty'; 3. Where? Libellus: polished and published; Part II. The Textualization of Display: 4. The problem with liberal performance; 5. From public display to textual display; 6. The poetics of literary obligation; Part III. The Materialization of the Text: 7. An object of Catullan affection; 8. Brutus: the dialogic personification of the Republican voice; Epilogue; Appendix: what 'society of patrons?' A prosopography of the players. |
| Abstract | "This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly "late Republican" sociotextual culture as recorded in the writings of this period's two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined "literary" - world that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarization ofCatullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socioliterary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the sociotextual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2010006648 |
| ISBN | 9780521513906 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0521513901 (hardback) |
| Standard identifier# | 40018054098 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DG78 .S88 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |