Lucretius and the End of Masculinity

Lucretius and the End of Masculinity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9781009242318
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Download or read book Lucretius and the End of Masculinity written by Michael Pope and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Lucretius presents the male body as ineluctably vulnerable and thereby shows Roman masculinity to be a fiction.


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