Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics

Auteur: Matthes, Melissa (Univ. of Maryland)
Editeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
A study of the way in which republican theorists in different eras - Livy, Machiavelli and Rousseau - retell the story of the rape of Lucretia to support their conceptions of republicanism. The recurring presentation of the story as theatre reveals the performative elements of republicanism.

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A study of the way in which republican theorists in different eras - Livy, Machiavelli and Rousseau - retell the story of the rape of Lucretia to support their conceptions of republicanism. The recurring presentation of the story as theatre reveals the performative elements of republicanism.
ISBN / EAN 9780271020556
Auteur Matthes, Melissa (Univ. of Maryland)
Editeur Pennsylvania State University Press