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University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Research paper thumbnail of Eclogue4 and the Futures of Rome

Research paper thumbnail of Friends, Readers, and the Uses of Literary History in Horace Satires 1.10

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of "Lucilius' Books" in Lucilius and Satire in Second-Century BC Rome, ed. B.W. Breed, R. Wallace, and E. Keitel (Cambridge 2018) 57-79.

Roman satire was born textual, and Lucilius’ importance in the history of authorship at Rome exte... more Roman satire was born textual, and Lucilius’ importance in the history of authorship at Rome extends to his specific definition of the audience for satire as readers of books. This chapter considers the possibilities for reading and writing satire as they figure in the fragments, especially of Books 26, 3, and 5. Lucilius’ books relate satire to other contemporary discourses and define a range of possible relationships between the satirist and his audiences. The glimpses of a textual culture in the fragments and the reflections of books as they were used by readers are important expressions of Roman satire as a social practice in the second century.

Research paper thumbnail of Maximum orality: Catullus 65 and Propertius 2.13

Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici 70, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The pseudo-Vergilian Dirae and the earliest responses to Vergilian pastoral

Trends in Classics, Jan 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Propertius on Not Writing about Civil Wars

Citizens of Discord, Jan 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Tua, Caesar, aetas: Horace Ode 4.15 and the Augustan Age

American journal of philology, Jan 1, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Portrait of a Lady: Propertius 1.3 and ecphrasis

The Classical Journal, Jan 1, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Silenus and the Imago Vocis in "Eclogue 6"

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Jan 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Ennius and the Traditions of Epic

Research paper thumbnail of PERUGIA AND THE PLOTS OF THE MONOBIBLOS

The Cambridge classical journal, Jan 1, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Time and Textuality in the Book of the Eclogues

Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral, Leiden, Jan 1, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Imitations of Originality: Theocritus and Lucretius at the Start of the Eclogues

Books by Brian W Breed

Research paper thumbnail of Brian W. Breed, Elizabeth Keitel, and Rex Wallace, eds. Lucilius and Satire in Second-Century BC Rome (Cambridge 2018)

This volume considers linguistic, cultural, and literary trends that fed into the creation of Rom... more This volume considers linguistic, cultural, and literary trends that fed into the creation of Roman satire in second-century BC Rome. Combining approaches drawn from linguistics, Roman history, and Latin literature, the chapters share a common purpose of attempting to assess how Lucilius’ satires functioned in the social environment in which they were created and originally read. Particular areas of focus include audiences for satire, the mixing of varieties of Latin in the satires, and relationships with other second-century genres, including comedy, epic, and oratory. Lucilius’ satires emerged at a time when Rome’s new status as an imperial power and its absorption of influences from the Greek world were shaping Roman identity. With this in mind the book provides new perspectives on the foundational identification of satire with what it means to be Roman and satire’s unique status as “wholly ours” tota nostra among Latin literary genres.

Research paper thumbnail of Citizens of Discord: Rome and Its Civil Wars

Research paper thumbnail of Pastoral Inscriptions: Reading and Writing Virgil's Eclogues

Research paper thumbnail of Ennius and the Invention of Roman Epic

Events by Brian W Breed

Research paper thumbnail of Lucilius colloquium in Amherst, Mass.

Research paper thumbnail of Eclogue4 and the Futures of Rome

Research paper thumbnail of Friends, Readers, and the Uses of Literary History in Horace Satires 1.10

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of "Lucilius' Books" in Lucilius and Satire in Second-Century BC Rome, ed. B.W. Breed, R. Wallace, and E. Keitel (Cambridge 2018) 57-79.

Roman satire was born textual, and Lucilius’ importance in the history of authorship at Rome exte... more Roman satire was born textual, and Lucilius’ importance in the history of authorship at Rome extends to his specific definition of the audience for satire as readers of books. This chapter considers the possibilities for reading and writing satire as they figure in the fragments, especially of Books 26, 3, and 5. Lucilius’ books relate satire to other contemporary discourses and define a range of possible relationships between the satirist and his audiences. The glimpses of a textual culture in the fragments and the reflections of books as they were used by readers are important expressions of Roman satire as a social practice in the second century.

Research paper thumbnail of Maximum orality: Catullus 65 and Propertius 2.13

Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici 70, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The pseudo-Vergilian Dirae and the earliest responses to Vergilian pastoral

Trends in Classics, Jan 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Propertius on Not Writing about Civil Wars

Citizens of Discord, Jan 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Tua, Caesar, aetas: Horace Ode 4.15 and the Augustan Age

American journal of philology, Jan 1, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Portrait of a Lady: Propertius 1.3 and ecphrasis

The Classical Journal, Jan 1, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Silenus and the Imago Vocis in "Eclogue 6"

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Jan 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Ennius and the Traditions of Epic

Research paper thumbnail of PERUGIA AND THE PLOTS OF THE MONOBIBLOS

The Cambridge classical journal, Jan 1, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Time and Textuality in the Book of the Eclogues

Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral, Leiden, Jan 1, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Imitations of Originality: Theocritus and Lucretius at the Start of the Eclogues

Research paper thumbnail of Brian W. Breed, Elizabeth Keitel, and Rex Wallace, eds. Lucilius and Satire in Second-Century BC Rome (Cambridge 2018)

This volume considers linguistic, cultural, and literary trends that fed into the creation of Rom... more This volume considers linguistic, cultural, and literary trends that fed into the creation of Roman satire in second-century BC Rome. Combining approaches drawn from linguistics, Roman history, and Latin literature, the chapters share a common purpose of attempting to assess how Lucilius’ satires functioned in the social environment in which they were created and originally read. Particular areas of focus include audiences for satire, the mixing of varieties of Latin in the satires, and relationships with other second-century genres, including comedy, epic, and oratory. Lucilius’ satires emerged at a time when Rome’s new status as an imperial power and its absorption of influences from the Greek world were shaping Roman identity. With this in mind the book provides new perspectives on the foundational identification of satire with what it means to be Roman and satire’s unique status as “wholly ours” tota nostra among Latin literary genres.

Research paper thumbnail of Citizens of Discord: Rome and Its Civil Wars

Research paper thumbnail of Pastoral Inscriptions: Reading and Writing Virgil's Eclogues

Research paper thumbnail of Ennius and the Invention of Roman Epic

Research paper thumbnail of Lucilius colloquium in Amherst, Mass.

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