Grotesque in Roman Love Elegy

Auteur: Pietropaolo, Mariapia (McMaster University, Ontario)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
Explores the theme of corporeal, intellectual, and social degradation in Latin elegy from the vantage point of its aesthetic of grotesque imagery. Shows how and why the simultaneous occurrence of feelings of repugnance and admiration is a fundamental aesthetic premise of the genre.
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Explores the theme of corporeal, intellectual, and social degradation in Latin elegy from the vantage point of its aesthetic of grotesque imagery. Shows how and why the simultaneous occurrence of feelings of repugnance and admiration is a fundamental aesthetic premise of the genre.
ISBN / EAN 9781108488693
Auteur Pietropaolo, Mariapia (McMaster University, Ontario)
Editeur Cambridge University Press