Fractured voice, the: silence and power in imperial roman literature
Auteur :
Koenig, Amy A.
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299345303
Date de publication :
9 janv. 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
272 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Confronts the trope of muteness in Imperial Roman literature, arguing that this understanding of silence is incomplete. Amy Koenig shows that the Roman perception of silence was more complicated than a simple binary and that authors used voiceless characters to interrogate the concept of voicelessness in ways that would be taboo in other contexts.