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From the bites and scratches of lovers and the threat of flogging that hangs over the comic slave, to murder, rape, dismemberment, and crucifixion, violence is everywhere in Latin literature. The contributors to this volume explore the manifold ways in which violence is constructed and represented in Latin poetry and prose from Plautus to Prudentius, examining the interrelations between violence, language, power, and gender, and the narrative, rhetorical, and ideological functions of such depictions across the generic spectrum. How does violence contribute to the pleasure of the text? Do depictions of violence always reinforce status-hierarchies, or can they provoke a reassessment of normative value-systems? Is the reader necessarily complicit with authorial constructions of violence? These are pressing questions both for ancient literature and for film and other modern media, and this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of cultural studies as well as of the ancient world.

Latin literature --- Latin literature. --- Violence in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Violence in literature --- History and criticism --- Latin literature - History and criticism

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"Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change in its literature as in society and politics. In this volume, thirteen scholars focus on the intellectual and literary culture of the time, investigating complex relatinships between late-Antique authors and the texts which they had inherited through the classical ('pagan') and Christian traditions. Particular emphasis is placed on works that carried special authority: Homer, Virgil, Plato, and the Bible."--From book jacket.

Classical literature --- Christianity and other religions --- Christian literature, Early --- Latin literature --- Greek literature --- Literature and society --- Civilization, Classical. --- Civilization, Greco-Roman. --- Transmission of texts --- Littérature ancienne --- Christianisme --- Littérature chrétienne primitive --- Littérature latine --- Littérature grecque --- Littérature et société --- Civilisation ancienne --- Civilisation gréco-romaine --- Transmission de textes --- History and criticism. --- Roman. --- Histoire et critique --- Relations --- Religion romaine --- Bellettrie. --- Culturele aspecten --- Klassieke oudheid. --- Late oudheid. --- Receptie. --- History. --- Culturele aspecten. --- Littérature ancienne --- Littérature chrétienne primitive --- Littérature latine --- Littérature grecque --- Littérature et société --- Civilisation gréco-romaine --- Civilization, Classical --- Civilization, Greco-Roman --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- Greco-Roman civilization --- Classical civilization --- Civilization, Ancient --- Classicism --- Roman --- History and criticism --- History --- Social aspects