Roman Literature and Society

by Robert Maxwell Ogilvie

Roman Literature and Society

Genres: History

304 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 1980

Reviews

[pero]

It was a nice compilation of Roman literature analysis. Ogilvie always found something about an author to remind the reader that they were as messy as the authors nowadays. He talked about how the political changes in Roman Empire impacted the literature in it.

[Mark Adderley]

In many ways, this is a useful survey of Roman literature. Its main weakness is betrayed by its title--Ogilvie seems to define the quality of an author by how faithfully that author analyzes his society. THus, authors who aren't really interested in social concerns are labeled inferior. Still, once you've decoded Ogilvie's philosophical stance, you can learn a lot from this book.