{"product_id":"sulpicia-life-love-and-literature-in-ancient-rome-paperback","title":"Sulpicia: Life, Love, and Literature in Ancient Rome - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Keith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full-length biography of Sulpicia, the earliest extant female author of classical Latin poetry. Unmentioned by her contemporaries, Sulpicia belonged to the pinnacle of the Roman aristocracy and wrote openly about her life and love affair in the same literary forms as Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus. This study investigates Sulpicia's family background, the societal expectations for a woman of her aristocratic rank, and the literary ferment that swept Rome in her day and to which she contributed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSulpicia: Life, Love, and Literature in Ancient Rome\u003c\/em\u003e, Alison Keith takes the discovery of Sulpicia's poetry as a point of departure, before turning to in-depth exploration of her aristocratic family background and her literary achievement in the heyday of Latin love poetry. She also probes the difficulty many male critics have had in believing that an aristocratic Roman woman could write poetry about love and sex.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Keith\u003c\/strong\u003e is University Professor of Classics and Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eVirgil and Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVirgil\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWomen in War and Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.28 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52071112212781,"sku":"9780197606971","price":41.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/sulpicia-life-love-and-literature-in-ancient-rome-paperback-5137837.webp?v=1780166106","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sulpicia-life-love-and-literature-in-ancient-rome-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}