In the flesh : embodied identities in Roman elegy /

Zimmermann Damer, Erika,

In the flesh : embodied identities in Roman elegy / Erika Zimmermann Damer. - Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Wisconsin studies in classics .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Embodied Selves and the Body in Elegy; Part 1: Our Bodies, Ourselves; 1. Embodied Identity and the Scripta Puella in Propertius; 2. Tibullan Embodiments: Slaves, Soldiers, and the Body as Costume; 3. The Body in Bad Faith: Gender and Embodiment in the Amores; Part 2: Blood, Sex, and Tears: Problems of Embodiment in Roman Elegy; 4. Naked Selves: Sex, Violence, and Embodied Identities; 5. Body Talk: Cynthia Speaks; 6. Not the Elegiac Ideal: Gendering Blood, Wounds, and Gore in Roman Love Elegy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index Locorum; Index



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Elegiac poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Love poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Human body in literature.


Electronic Books.

PA6059 / .I584 2019