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245 10 a| Ancient Roman literary gardensh| [electronic resource] :b| gender, genre, and geopoetics /c| K. Sara Myers.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2024];

300 a| xv, 294 pages ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and indexes.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Beginning with Cicero and Varro and ending with Statius and Pliny the Younger, this chapter offers a chronological investigation of the ways in which real and literary gardens developed from the first century BCE to the first century CE as a means of elite masculine self-representation and the reactions of elite Roman men to the increased social and cultural power of villa and horti estates and their grounds. Gardens served as powerful symbols of wealth and as creative displays of the cultural aspirations of their owners in ways that challenged traditional definitions of gardens and of Roman manliness. Since these large-scale 'gardens' are primarily associated with leisure (otium), authors are concerned with describing and justifying their activities in these sites as befitting Roman masculine ideals. We can trace a change in attitude towards leisure and the private display of wealth, and consequently gardens, largely attributed to changes in the socio-political circumstances of the Roman elite, in the works of Statius and his contemporary Pliny the Younger, who use laudatory descriptions of extensive villas and grounds as a means of expressing social and literary power"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Ancient Roman literary gardens gender, genre, and geopoetics / K. Sara Myers.

Author/creator	Myers, K. Sara, 1961-
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Description	xv, 294 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Latin literature--History and criticism. Gardens in literature. Masculinity--Rome. --History.

Abstract	"Beginning with Cicero and Varro and ending with Statius and Pliny the Younger, this chapter offers a chronological investigation of the ways in which real and literary gardens developed from the first century BCE to the first century CE as a means of elite masculine self-representation and the reactions of elite Roman men to the increased social and cultural power of villa and horti estates and their grounds. Gardens served as powerful symbols of wealth and as creative displays of the cultural aspirations of their owners in ways that challenged traditional definitions of gardens and of Roman manliness. Since these large-scale 'gardens' are primarily associated with leisure (otium), authors are concerned with describing and justifying their activities in these sites as befitting Roman masculine ideals. We can trace a change in attitude towards leisure and the private display of wealth, and consequently gardens, largely attributed to changes in the socio-political circumstances of the Roman elite, in the works of Statius and his contemporary Pliny the Younger, who use laudatory descriptions of extensive villas and grounds as a means of expressing social and literary power"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2024009576
ISBN	9780197773208 (hardback)
ISBN	(epub)

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