| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Persona, identity, and self-presentation in Roman declamation / Neil W. Bernstein -- Last words : Cicero's late works and the poetics of a literary legacy / Cédric Scheidegger Lämmle -- Pride and prejudice in Cicero's speeches / Saskia T. Roselaar -- Propertian self-presentation and Augustan ideology / Ellen Greene -- The sphragis of Virgil's Georgics : constructing identity through intertextuality / Boris Kayachev -- Self-presentation in Pliny's Epistle 9.23 / Spyridon Tzounakas -- The self-presentation of the Roman soldier on military tombstones from the Rhineland in the 1st C. AD / Christophe Schmidt Heidenreich -- Reclaiming the past in the valley of Una : re-use of Iapodean urns in Roman times / Danijel Dzino -- Beyond the epigraphic habit : reflection and self-reflection on the funerary monuments of Dacia Porolissensis / Rada Varga -- Latinate nomenclature for a Romanized identity : attempts to construct an aspired displayed identity / Andreas Gavrielatos -- The hereditary nomenclature in Moesia Inferior and its value as a source for the study of identities / Kalin Stoev -- From divus Augustus to vicarius Christi : examples of self--presentation in a period of transition / Dionysios Benétos |
| Summary |
Questions on identity have been often the main focus of Classical Studies. The starting point of this book is that identity is not a monolithic idea. Instead of exploring what exactly 'identity' is, the contributors here examine how the concept of 'self-presentation' can facilitate our understanding of how individuals present their identities. Moreover, the interpretation of the means and character of this self-presentation itself enables more general conclusions to be drawn. Topics covered in this volume include identities shaped through the self-presentation of authors in Latin literature, a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-273) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Self-presentation -- Rome -- History
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History.
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Cultural studies.
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Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Self-presentation
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Rome (Italy) -- History -- To 476.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115199
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Italy -- Rome
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gavrielatos, Andreas, editor
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| ISBN |
9781443893671 |
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1443893676 |
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