Pestilence and the Body Politic in Latin Literature - Gardner, Hunter H. (Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198796428 - July 16, 2019
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Pestilence and the Body Politic in Latin Literature

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Roman writers of the late Roman Republic and early Empire developed important conventions of the western plague narrative as a response to the destabilization of the body politic. This volume examines how they used largely fictive representations of epidemic disease to address the collapse of the social order and suggest remedies for its recovery.


320 pages, 4 black-and-white illustations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 16, 2019
ISBN13 9780198796428
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 316
Dimensions 222 × 146 × 29 mm   ·   526 g
Language English  

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