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Roman historical myths : (Record no. 633312)
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| fixed length control field | 01997nam a2200325 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260928s1996 xxk 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780198150206 |
| ISBN | 0198150202 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 870.915 |
| Item number | FOX |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Fox, Matthew |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Roman historical myths : |
| Sub Title | the regal period in Augustan literature / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Fox, Matthew |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 269 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book offers an enlivening and sophisticated analysis of the pervasive use of historical myth in some of the most well known writers of the Late Republic and Augustan periods - from Cicero in the De Republica and the first book of Livy to Propertius IV and Ovid's Fasti. The chapters on prose narrative uncover an uneasy tension between the desire for accurate historical representation and the legendary character of traditional stories.In the light of modern theories of historical truth, Matthew Fox argues that narrative itself expresses a kind of belief in myths, and that this belief is in turn conditioned by historical circumstance. In this way, the accounts of Rome's regal period in both prose and verse bear witness to the uncertainties and upheavals at the end of the Republic.At the same time, Dr Fox argues for a more sophisticated relationship between political and textual rea |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence. |
| Topical Term | Latin literature -- History and criticism. |
| Topical Term | Historical poetry, Latin -- History and criticism. |
| Topical Term | Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500. |
| Topical Term | Literature and history -- Rome. |
| Topical Term | Mythology, Roman, in literature. |
| Topical Term | Legends -- Rome -- Historiography. |
| Topical Term | Rhetoric, Ancient. |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Oxford [England] : |
| -- | Clarendon Press, |
| -- | 1996 |
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| -- | rdamedia |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 28.09.2026 | 870.915 FOX | 281396 | 28.09.2026 | Books |