Michael Pope

Lucretius and the End of Masculinity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The first book-length study of sexuality and gender in De rerum natura. Argues that the understanding of the universe it presents represents an unremitting assault upon the fictions that comprise Roman masculinity. Nevertheless, Lucretius offers an Epicurean vision of masculinity that just might save the Republic"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781009242318
• ISBN-10: 1009242318
• Artikelnr.: 66816631

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL POPE is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Brigham Young University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Odd men out
2. Humbled beginnings
3. Nature's assault upon the senses
4. The hole that gapes for all
5. The ties that bind
6. Vir Recreandus
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