The Roman mistress
Subtitle: ancient and modern representations
By: Maria Wyke.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. -- In literature; Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. -- In motion pictures; Messalina, Valeria, d. 48. -- In motion pictures; Messalina, Valeria, d. 48. -- In literature; Love poetry, Latin -- History and criticism; Man-woman relationships in motion pictures; Man-woman relationships in literature; Feminism and literature -- Rome; Feminism and motion pictures; Women and literature -- Rome; Women in motion pictures; Sex role in literature; Mistresses -- Rome
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-428) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART 1 Love Poetry; title: 1. Mistress and Metaphor in Augustan Elegy; title: 2. WrittenWomen: Propertius' scripta puella (2.10-I 3); title: 3. The ElegiacWoman at Rome: Propertius Book 4; title: 4. Reading Female Flesh: Ovid Amores 3. i; title: 5. Taking theWoman's Part: Gender and Scholarship; title: on Love Elegy; title: PART 2 Reception; title: 6. Meretrix regina: Augustan Cleopatras; title: 7. OrientalVamp: Cleopatra 1 9 os; title: 8. Glamour Girl: Cleopatra 193 os-I96os; title: 9. MeretrixAugusta: Messalina 87os-192os; title: 10. Suburban Feminist: Messalina 1930s-1970s; title: Bibliography; title: Index of Classical Passages Cited; title: General Index.