Bøger i Classical Literature and Society serien

Looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature share with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. This work considers the subject from the classical side: Homer, the Greek tragedians, Plato, and Virgil. It also focuses on the New Testament, and on the aspects of later reception.

Combines an introduction to Pausanias with fresh perspectives. This book considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context.

Explores Propertius' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics and the poet's social context within the early Augustan principate, this work offers an overview of Propertius' achievement in his four books of elegies.

The publishing of Roman books has long and often been misrepresented by false analogies with modern publishing. This comprehensive study examines, by appeal to what Roman authors themselves tell us, both the raw materials and aesthetic criteria of the Roman book (a papyrus scroll) and the process of literary composition.

This book examines the poetry of Statius (c. 40-96 AD), in relation to significant social and cultural issues of his day, in particular shifting attitudes to Hellenism, gender and Roman imperialism. It also discusses the reception of Statius'' poetry in the Middle Ages, when his reputation was at its zenith. Medieval interpretations of Statius'' epics suggest that their popularity rested in part on the prominence they give to female action and the female voice, thus suggesting new expressive and generic possibilities.