The elegiac cityscape
Subtitle: Propertius and the meaning of Roman monuments
By: Tara S. Welch.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Propertius, Sextus.; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- In literature.; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence.; Elegiac poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; City and town life in literature.; Politics and literature -- Rome.; Literature and society -- Rome.; Public architecture -- Rome.; Architecture in literature.; Masculinity in literature.; Imperialism in literature.; Monuments in literature.; Rome -- In literature.
Description: "The Elegiac Cityscape explores Propertius' Rome and the various ways his poetry about the city illuminates the dynamic relationship between one individual and his environment. The relationship between poet and city is complicated at every turn by the presence in the background of the emperor Augustus, whose sustained artistic patronage of Roman monuments brought about the most pervasive transformation that the city had yet seen."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p.   ) and index.