The Closure of Space in Roman Poetics: Empire's Inward Turn by Victoria Rimell (

Description: The Closure of Space in Roman Poetics by Victoria Rimell Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Aimed at scholars and students of Latin literature and at those interested in space, security and dwelling across the humanities, this book presents an ambitious and detailed analysis of the Roman literary obsession with retreat and closed spaces (caves, corners, villas, bathrooms, bodies and prisons) in the context of expanding empire. Publisher Description This ambitious book investigates a major yet underexplored nexus of themes in Roman cultural history: the evolving tropes of enclosure, retreat and compressed space within an expanding, potentially borderless empire. In Roman writers exploration of real and symbolic enclosures - caves, corners, villas, bathhouses, the prison of the human body itself - we see the aesthetic, philosophical and political intersecting in fascinating ways, as the machine of empire is recast in tighter and tighter shapes. Victoria Rimell brings ideas and methods from literary theory, cultural studies and philosophy to bear on an extraordinary range of ancient texts rarely studied in juxtaposition, from Horaces Odes, Virgils Aeneid and Ovids Ibis, to Senecas Letters, Statius Achilleid and Tacitus Annals. A series of epilogues puts these texts in conceptual dialogue with our own contemporary art world, and emphasizes the role Romes imagination has played in the history of Western thinking about space, security and dwelling. Author Biography Victoria Rimell is Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Sapienza Università di Roma. The author of three previous books with Cambridge University Press - Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction (2002), Ovids Lovers: Desire, Difference and the Poetic Imagination (2006) and Martials Rome: Empire and the Ideology of Epigram (2008) - she has published many articles on Latin literature and Roman culture. Details ISBN 1107437482 ISBN-13 9781107437487 Title The Closure of Space in Roman Poetics Author Victoria Rimell Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 370 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:119466474; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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