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Summary:

Examines the ways in which emotions, & talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic & early Empire periods. The book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation & revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways.

Table of Contents:

• 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.

Author/Creator:

Kaster, Robert A.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Emotion, restraint, and community in ancient Rome [by Kaster, R.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Emotion, restraint, and community in ancient Rome [by Kaster, R.A.] (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 — ISBN 0195140788; LCCN 2004014386; OCLC Number 55738024)

Related Series:

Classical culture and society

Subjects:

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

Rome (Empire) — In literature

Upper class — Rome

Latin literature

Literature and society

Literature

Upper class

Rome (Empire)

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.
(Use copy) Restrictions unspecified

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 245 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PA6029.E56 K37 2005eb

ISBNs:

9780198032274 (electronic bk.)
0198032277 (electronic bk.)
1423762193 (electronic bk.)
9781423762195 (electronic bk.)
9780195140781 (hardback, alk. paper)
0195140788 (hardback, alk. paper)

OCLC Numbers:

65188927