Description
This book broadens the horizon of the longstanding scholarly interest in role models in several ways, looking beyond the more familiar famous heroes or the paternal figures, both mythological and historical, that gave inspiration to later leaders and authors. From the adoption of specific aspects of a favored role model, to the creation of new visual languages for different social groups, to the deliberate counter of common models, this collection demonstrates the importance of exemplary figures in inspiring imitation and assimilation in the creation of new identities.Featuring world-renowned scholars and essays from a broad range of fields, including literature and art and historiography, ""Role Models in the Roman World"" is a ground-breaking collection at the cusp of the newest scholarship of the classical world. It offers an inter disciplinary examination of the use of role models in articulating social and cultural identities in the Roman world.
About the Author
Sinclair Bell is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Regina, a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdiest (DAAD), and co-editor of Games and Festivals in Classical Antiquity. Inge Lyse Hansen is Publication Manager at Butrint Foundation, Assistant Professor of Art History at John Cabot University, and co-editor of The Long Eighth Century: Production, Distribution and Demand.
Reviews
This collection covers a full range of topics, from how the Romans interpreted their origins from the ashes of Troy on through themes in Roman literature, historiography, declamation, and art, ending with how Christians may have defined their self-presentation in part through reference to earlier, non-Christian models. The editors have shown themselves wonderfully adept at their task, and the result is a uniformly fine volume that will be widely consulted. - Anthony Corbeill, Professor and Graduate Advisor, Department of Classics, University of Kansas
Book Information
ISBN 9780472115891
Author Sinclair Bell
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 1312g
About the Author
Sinclair Bell is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Regina, a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdiest (DAAD), and co-editor of Games and Festivals in Classical Antiquity. Inge Lyse Hansen is Publication Manager at Butrint Foundation, Assistant Professor of Art History at John Cabot University, and co-editor of The Long Eighth Century: Production, Distribution and Demand.
Reviews
This collection covers a full range of topics, from how the Romans interpreted their origins from the ashes of Troy on through themes in Roman literature, historiography, declamation, and art, ending with how Christians may have defined their self-presentation in part through reference to earlier, non-Christian models. The editors have shown themselves wonderfully adept at their task, and the result is a uniformly fine volume that will be widely consulted. - Anthony Corbeill, Professor and Graduate Advisor, Department of Classics, University of Kansas
Book Information
ISBN 9780472115891
Author Sinclair Bell
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 1312g
