Powerplay in Tibullus Reading Elegies Book One [Paperback]

This study, first published in 1998, explores the subtle, many-faceted interplay of power in Tibullus' first book of elegies.This is a study of the first book of poems by the Roman poet Tibullus. By undertaking a poem by poem reading of Elegies Book One, the author explores the subtle, many-faceted interplay of power within the text. He brings a variety of literary and cultural theories to bear on the work and the result is a portrait of the poet and text far removed from the bland, safe and urbane 'Tibullus' of previous criticism.This is a study of the first book of poems by the Roman poet Tibullus. By undertaking a poem by poem reading of Elegies Book One, the author explores the subtle, many-faceted interplay of power within the text. He brings a variety of literary and cultural theories to bear on the work and the result is a portrait of the poet and text far removed from the bland, safe and urbane 'Tibullus' of previous criticism.This is a study of the first book of poems by the Roman poet Tibullus. By undertaking a poem-by-poem reading of Elegies Book One, the author explores the subtle, many-faceted interplay of power within the text. He brings a variety of literary and cultural theories to bear on the work and the result is a portrait of the poet and text far removed from the bland, safe and urbane Tibullus of previous criticism.Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Poem one; 2. Poem two; 3. Poem three; 4. Poem four; 5. Poem five; 6. Poem six; 7. Poem seven; 8. Poem eight; 9. Poem nine; 10. Poem ten; Conclusion; Bibliography; Indexes.