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• catalog abstract "The decadence and depravity of the ancient Romans are a commonplace of serious history, popular novels and spectacular films. This book is concerned not with the question of how immoral the ancient Romans were but why the literature they produced is so preoccupied with immorality. The modern image of immoral Rome derives from ancient accounts which are largely critical rather than celebratory. Upper-class Romans habitually accused one another of the most lurid sexual and sumptuary improprieties. Historians and moralists lamented the vices of their contemporaries and mourned for the virtues of a vanished age. Far from being empty commonplaces these assertions constituted a powerful discourse through which Romans negotiated conflicts and tensions in their social and political order. This study proceeds by a detailed examination of a wide range of ancient texts (all of which are translated) exploring the dynamics of their rhetoric, as well as the ends to which they were deployed. Roman moralising discourse, the author suggests, may be seen as especially concerned with the articulation of anxieties about gender, social status and political power. Individual chapters focus on adultery, effeminacy, the immorality of the Roman theatre, luxurious buildings and the dangers of pleasure. This book should appeal to students and scholars of classical literature and ancient history. It will also attract anthropologists and social and cultural historians.".
• catalog contributor b4084504.
• catalog coverage "Rome In literature.".
• catalog coverage "Rome Moral conditions.".
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description "1: A moral revolution? The law against adultery -- 2: Mollitia: reading the body -- 3: Playing Romans: representations of actors and the theatre -- 4: Structures of immorality: rhetoric, building and social hierarchy -- 5: Prodigal pleasures.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and indexes.".
• catalog description "The decadence and depravity of the ancient Romans are a commonplace of serious history, popular novels and spectacular films. This book is concerned not with the question of how immoral the ancient Romans were but why the literature they produced is so preoccupied with immorality. The modern image of immoral Rome derives from ancient accounts which are largely critical rather than celebratory. Upper-class Romans habitually accused one another of the most lurid sexual and sumptuary improprieties. Historians and moralists lamented the vices of their contemporaries and mourned for the virtues of a vanished age. Far from being empty commonplaces these assertions constituted a powerful discourse through which Romans negotiated conflicts and tensions in their social and political order. This study proceeds by a detailed examination of a wide range of ancient texts (all of which are translated) exploring the dynamics of their rhetoric, as well as the ends to which they were deployed. Roman moralising discourse, the author suggests, may be seen as especially concerned with the articulation of anxieties about gender, social status and political power. Individual chapters focus on adultery, effeminacy, the immorality of the Roman theatre, luxurious buildings and the dangers of pleasure. This book should appeal to students and scholars of classical literature and ancient history. It will also attract anthropologists and social and cultural historians.".
• catalog extent "xi, 229 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Politics of immorality in ancient Rome.".
• catalog identifier "052140083X".
• catalog isFormatOf "Politics of immorality in ancient Rome.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog relation "Politics of immorality in ancient Rome.".
• catalog spatial "Rome In literature.".
• catalog spatial "Rome Moral conditions.".
• catalog spatial "Rome.".
• catalog subject "870.9/353 20".
• catalog subject "Ethics in literature.".
• catalog subject "Latin literature History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Literature and society Rome.".
• catalog subject "Moral conditions in literature.".
• catalog subject "PA6029.M67 E38 1993".
• catalog subject "Politics and literature Rome.".
• catalog subject "Sex in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1: A moral revolution? The law against adultery -- 2: Mollitia: reading the body -- 3: Playing Romans: representations of actors and the theatre -- 4: Structures of immorality: rhetoric, building and social hierarchy -- 5: Prodigal pleasures.".
• catalog title "The politics of immorality in ancient Rome / Catharine Edwards.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".