Emotion, restraint, and community in ancient Rome /

Kaster, Robert A.

Emotion, restraint, and community in ancient Rome / Robert A. Kaster. - Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - ix, 245 p. ; 24 cm. - Classical culture and society . - Classical culture and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.

Between respect and shame: verecundia and the art of social worry -- Fifty ways to feel your pudor -- The structure of paenitentia and the egoism of regret -- Invidia is one thing, invidia quite another -- The dynamics of fastidium and the ideology of disgust -- Being "wholly" Roman.

9780195336078 0195336070

2004014386

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013146954 Uk


Latin literature--History and criticism.
Emotions in literature.
Literature and society--Rome.
Ethics, Ancient, in literature.
Self-control in literature.
Upper class in literature.
Communities in literature.
Upper class--Rome.


Rome--In literature.

PA 6029 .E56 / K37 2005