Sermo juris
Subtitle: Rechtssprache und Recht in der augusteischen Dichtung
By: by Ulrich C.J. Gebhardt.
Series: Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature -- v. 315
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: ger
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789004176478
Subjects: Law in literature; Latin literature -- History and criticism; Latin poetry -- History and criticism; Roman law -- Language
Other titles: Sermo iuris
Description: "Law played a key role in the workings of Roman culture, and legal discourse was important even in non-legal Latin literature. A proper understanding of that literature requires an investigation of the ways legal language is used. Nevertheless, legal elements have so far been widely neglected by scholars of Latin literature, in particular Augustan poetry. After an examination of legal language as a technical discourse and its role in Latin prose, the present book is devoted to a detailed analysis of legal language and imagery in the work of the Augustan poets. It will, therefore, allow for a better appreciation of these poems as well as of their significance for Augustan culture in the broad sense."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.