Utopia Antiqua: Readings of the Golden Age and Decline at Rome

By Rhiannon Evans

Book Overview

Evans explores the tropes of the utopian and dystopian in ancient Roman texts. She addresses the ways in which concepts of the idealized and degenerate functioned as metaphor and symbol in Roman discourses. Utopia and its inverse are vital markers of cultural yearning and desire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415518423
• ISBN13: 9780415518420
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"