Reproducing Rome

Reproducing Rome
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9780199659364
ISBN-13 : 0199659362
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Book Synopsis Reproducing Rome by : Mairéad McAuley

Download or read book Reproducing Rome written by Mairéad McAuley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproducing Rome is a study of the representation of maternity in the Roman literature of the first century CE-particularly Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, and Statius-considering to what degree it reflects, constructs, or subverts Roman ideals of, and anxieties about, family and motherhood.


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