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Loading... The Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representationsby Maria Wyke
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From Latin love poetry's dominating and enslaving beloveds, to modern popular culture's infamous Cleopatras and Messalinas, representations of the Roman mistress (or the mistress of Romans) have brought into question both ancient and modern genders and political systems. The Roman Mistressexplores representations of transgressive women in Latin love poetry and British television drama, in Roman historiography and nineteenth-century Italian anthropology, on classical coinage and college websites, as poetic metaphor and in the Hollywood star system. In a highly accessible style, thebook makes an important and original contribution simultaneously to feminist scholarship on antiquity, the classical tradition, and cultural studies. No library descriptions found. |
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