Ambitiosa Mors : Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature

Name: Ambitiosa Mors
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415891189
Price: 11150 KES
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ISBN: 9780415891189

by T. D. Hill

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Studies in Classics

ISBN-10 0415891183

ISBN-13 9780415891189

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 6th, 2011

Print length 348 Pages

Weight 520 grams

Product Classification: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Classical history / classical civilisation Sociology: death & dying Sociology: death and dying Ancient history

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Although the distinctive - and sometimes bizarre - means by which Roman aristocrats often chose to end their lives has attracted some scholarly attention in the past, most writers on the subject have been content to view this a s an irrational and inexplicable aspect of Roman culture. In this book, T.D. Hill traces the cultural logic which animated these suicides, describing the meaning and significance of such deaths in their original cultural context. Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the significance of the ''noble death'' in Roman culture cannot be understood if the phenomenon is viewed in the context of modern ideas of the nature of the self.

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