Martial's Rome: Empire and the Ideology of Epigram

by Victoria Rimell, Victoria Rimmell, Victoria E. Rimell

This provocative book is a major contribution to our understanding of Martial's poetics, his vision of the relationship between art and reality, and his role in formulating modern perceptions of Rome. The study shows how on every scale from the microscopic to the cosmic, Martial displays epigram's ambition to enact the sociality of urban life, but also to make Rome rise out of epigram's architecture and gestures. Martial's distinctive aesthetic, grounded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521828228
• ISBN13: 9780521828222
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"