The Fractured Voice: Silence and Power in Imperial Roman Literature

Author:   Amy A. Koenig
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
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Pages:   228
Publication Date:   09 January 2024
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Author:   Amy A. Koenig
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780299345303


ISBN 10:   0299345300
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   09 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Tongueless Nightingale Chapter 1. The Embodied Voice: Conflict and Constraint in Galen’s Writings Chapter 2. The Mute Goddess: Speechlessness, Divinity, and Power in Ovid’s Fasti Chapter 3. The Dancer’s Silence: Ovidian Myths of the Voice and Roman Pantomime Chapter 4. The Instrument of the Voice: Body, Mind, and Music in the “Second Sophistic” Greek Novels Chapter 5. Nova vox: (Re)gaining a Voice in the Ass Novels Epilogue: Mea lingua Christus: Muteness and Martyrdom Notes References Index

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“Pulling together a dizzying array of materials and concepts from disparate fields, The Fractured Voice is a transformative study of speech in the ancient world. Impressive scholarship supports an adroit, wholly original, and convincing argument that avoids the previous, reductive approaches to the motif of speech loss in Roman literature.”—Bartolo Natoli, author of Silenced Voices: The Poetics of Speech in Ovid “Koenig brings a fresh perspective to the understanding of silence in the culture of the Roman empire, showing that loss of voice can unlock new possibilities of expression that allow the mute person to signify facts and feelings otherwise difficult or dangerous to communicate. Those interested in Roman literature, cultural history, and disability studies stand to learn a great deal from this book.”—Silvia Montiglio, author of Silence in the Land of Logos


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Amy A. Koenig is an assistant professor of classics at Hamilton College.

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