the regal period in Augustan literature Fox, Matthew creator author text xxk 1996 monographic eng

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269 pages 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 Fox, Matthew Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence Latin literature -- History and criticism Historical poetry, Latin -- History and criticism Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500 Literature and history -- Rome Mythology, Roman, in literature Legends -- Rome -- Historiography Rhetoric, Ancient 870.915 FOX 9780198150206 0198150202 InACL 260928 20260928160838.0 281396 eng