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Utopia Antiqua
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Readings of the Golden Age and Decline at Rome
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Artikel-Nr:
9780415518420
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2012
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Rhiannon Evans
Gewicht:
345 g
Format:
234x156x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Rhiannon Evans
Evans explores the tropes of the utopian and dystopian in ancient Roman texts. She addresses the ways in which concepts of the idealized and degenerate functioned as metaphor and symbol in Roman discourses. Utopia and its inverse are vital markers of cultural yearning and desire.
Introduction: Finding Utopia 1. Utopia: Landscape and Symbol 2. Myths of the Ages and Decline 3. Lucullan Marble and the Morality of Building 4. Rust: Enemy of the State