Scriptus Propertius: Propertius between Body and Text.
This article traces how Propertius imagines being read, and argues that problems surrounding the representation of his male body underlie conflicting anxieties of authorship. It begins by suggesting that a number of funereal scenes allow Propertius to figure his own absence in future readers' intera...
| Publicado en: | Helios Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 1 - 33 |
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Texas Tech University Press
Spring2022
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