| Writing Exile: The Discourse of Displacement in Greco-Roman Antiquity and Beyond Contributor(s): Gaertner, Jan Felix (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004155155 ISBN-13: 9789004155152 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: The volume explores how Greek and Latin authors perceive and present their own (real or metaphorical) exile and employ exile as a powerful trope to express estrangement, elicit readerly sympathy, and question political power structures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 880.9 |
| LCCN: 2007296767 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.56" W x 9.62" (1.56 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exile and displacement are central topics in classical literature. Previous research has been mostly biographical and has focused on the three most prominent exiles: Cicero, Ovid, and Seneca. By shifting focus to a discourse of exile and displacement in early Greek poetry, Greek historiography, Cynicism, consolatory literature, Latin epic, Greek literature of the empire, and Medieval Latin literature, the present volume questions the notion of a distinct, psychologically conditioned 'genre' or 'mode' of exile literature. It shows how ancient and medieval authors perceive and present their exile according to pre-existent literary paradigms, style themselves or others as 'typical' exiles, and employ 'exile' as a powerful trope to express estrangement, elicit readerly sympathy, and question political power structures. |