The Garden Of Priapus
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The Garden Of Priapus
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Author : Amy Richlin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1992-08-20
The Garden Of Priapus written by Amy Richlin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-08-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humor reinforces aggressive behavior on both the individual and societal levels, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture. Including a substantial and provocative new introduction, this revised edition is important not only as an in-depth study of Roman sexual satire, but also as a commentary on the effects of all humor on society and its victims.
The Garden Of Priapus
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Author : Alfred Jarry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
The Garden Of Priapus written by Alfred Jarry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with categories.
The Priapus Poems
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language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1999
The Priapus Poems written by and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Unmistakable by virtue of his exaggerated phallus, Priapus--one of Rome's minor fertility gods--inspired a host of epigrammatic poems that offer one of the best primary sources for the study of ancient sexuality. Despite their apparent frivolity, the Priapus poems raise basic questions of class and gender, censorship, and the nature of obscenity. The god's self-conscious indecency placed him squarely in the realm of comedy, but his role as guardian of fertility also gave him a deep religious significance. Richard Hooper's introduction explores this important duality and places the poems in their historical context. Essentially graffiti clothed in the refined forms of classical poetry, The Priapus Poems offers the reader "a trip to Coney Island in a Rolls Royce." Hooper's lively translation makes these playful poems available for the first time to the nonspecialist in an appealing, elegant, and readable version. This edition includes the original Latin texts as well as a commentary on classical references and textual problems.
Rome And The Mysterious Orient
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Author : Plautus
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-12-12
Rome And The Mysterious Orient written by Plautus and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts, including North Africa and the Near East. These three plays—originally written for a wartime audience of refugees, POWs, soldiers and veterans, exiles, immigrants, people newly enslaved in the wars, and citizens—tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern cultures, often view each other, always a productive source of comedy. These current, accessible, and accurate translations have replaced terms meaningful only to their original audience, such as references to Roman gods, with a hilarious, inspired sampling of American popular culture—from songs to movie stars to slang. Matching the original Latin line for line, this volume captures the full exuberance of Plautus's street language, bursting with puns, learned allusions, ethnic slurs, dirty jokes, and profanities, as it brings three rarely translated works—Weevil (Curculio), Iran Man (Persa), and Towelheads (Poenulus)—to a wide contemporary audience. Richlin's erudite introduction sets these plays within the context of the long history of East-West conflict and illuminates the role played by comedy and performance in imperialism and colonialism. She has also provided detailed and wide-ranging contextual introductions to the individual plays, as well as extensive notes, which, together with these superb and provocative translations, will bring Plautus alive for a new generation of readers and actors.
Rome And The Literature Of Gardens
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Author : Victoria Emma Pagán
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-10-10
Rome And The Literature Of Gardens written by Victoria Emma Pagán and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with History categories.
"Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping with the approach of this series, a concluding chapter examines the reincarnation of these expressions in the contemporary plays "Arcadia" and "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard. Many books on gardens in ancient Rome concentrate on either technical agricultural manuals, or pastoral poetry, or the physical remains of Roman gardens. Instead, this book considers images of gardens from a kaleidoscope of genres, especially those that the Romans made their own: satire, annalistic history, and autobiography. This atypical approach makes a unique contribution to the field of Latin literature and garden history, bridging the gap between material culture and cultural history.
Priapeia
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Author : Leonard Smithers
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-05-25
Priapeia written by Leonard Smithers and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-25 with categories.
The Priapeia is a collection of ninety-five poems in various meters on subjects pertaining to the phallic god Priapus. It was compiled from literary works and inscriptions on images of the god by an unknown editor, who composed the introductory epigram. From their style and versification it is evident that the poems belong to the classical period of Latin literature. Some, however, may be interpolations of a later period. These poems were posted upon statues of Priapus that stood in the midst of gardens as the protector of the fruits that grew therein. These statues were often crude carvings made from tree trunks. They roughly resembled the form of a man with a huge phallus. The statues also promoted the gardens' fertility. The verses are attributed variously to Virgil, Ovid, and Domitius Marsus. However, most authorities on the matter regard them to have been the work of a group of poets who met at the house of Maecenas, amusing themselves by writing tongue-in-cheek tributes to the garden Priapus. (Maecenas was Horace's patron.) Others, including Martial and Petronius, were thought to have added more verses in imitation of the originals.
Rome And The Mysterious Orient
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Author : Plautus
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-12-12
Rome And The Mysterious Orient written by Plautus and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-12 with History categories.
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Priapus And The Pool And Other Poems
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Author : Conrad Aiken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
Priapus And The Pool And Other Poems written by Conrad Aiken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with American poetry categories.
Slave Theater In The Roman Republic
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Author : Amy Richlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-12-28
Slave Theater In The Roman Republic written by Amy Richlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-28 with History categories.
Brings the voices of Roman slaves in early comedy to the history of theater and the history of slavery.
A Discourse On The Worship Of Priapus And Its Connection With The Mystic Theology Of The Ancients
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Author : Richard Payne Knight
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
A Discourse On The Worship Of Priapus And Its Connection With The Mystic Theology Of The Ancients written by Richard Payne Knight and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with Isernia (Italy) categories.