The Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics

Melissa (Univ. of Maryland) Matthes

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001

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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-13
9780271020556
ISBN-10
0271020555
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-01-15
Pages
200
Dimensions
228x155x16
Weight
332