Pestilence and the body politic in latin literature
Auteur :
Gardner, Hunter H.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198796428
Date de publication :
16 juil. 2019
Dimensions :
22,0 x 14,3 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
524 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.