Literary Quotation as Literary Performance in Suetonius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9309467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Lawrence Mitchell (corresponding author), JACK MITCHELL |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-355 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8353 • E-ISSN: 2327-5812 |
| Publisher | Classical Association of the Middle West and South (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tcj.2015.0041 |
| OpenAlex | W4206755361 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 2 |
Most acts of literary quotation in Suetonius are ironical reflections by emperor-characters on the burdens of imperial rule, deployed at transitional moments in the biographies. Consideration of literary performance traditions in Suetonius' society, from the classroom to the recitatio to the acroamata at dinner parties, allows us to understand these transitional quotations as moments in which Suetonius' listener is invited to sympathize with the emperor-character as a fellow enthusiast for literature. The biography of Nero reverses this scheme, as Nero's quotations bathetically distance him from the listener
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |