Desiring Rome : male subjectivity and reading Ovid's Fasti / Richard J. King.

Author/creator King, Richard Jackson, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Desire and Ovid's Fasti -- Elite males, the Roman calendar and desire of mastery -- Ovid, Germanicus and homosocial desire -- Fasti, fantasy and Janus: an anatomy of libidinal exchange -- Monthly prefaces and the symbolic screen -- Under the Imperial name: Augustus and Ovid's "January" (Fasti, book one) -- Patrimony and transvestism in "February" (Fasti, book two) -- Epilogue: Ovid and broken form: three views.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-313) and indexes.
LCCN 2005031877
ISBN0814210201 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0814290973 (cd-rom : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814210208

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PA6519.F9 K56 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold