Description: This book explores the ways in which Latin poets of the late Republic and the Augustan Age participate in a new cultural preoccupation with the dramatically expanding geographical space of empire.
Review Quotes: "a very stimulating scholarly work" -- Anke Walter, Greece & Rome
"Lindheim's clear, nuanced argumentation and thoughtful explanations of deeply theoretical material are sure to make her book essential reading for scholars and advanced students of elegy." -- Caitlin Gillespie, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Lindheim's clear, nuanced argumentation and thoughtful explanations of deeply theoretical material are sure to make her book essential reading for scholars and advanced students of elegy." -- Caitlin Gillespie, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"L.'s study opens new avenues for thinking about mapping fictions of the world in the widest sense, and for rethinkingthe space, shared and otherwise, between the enigma of Latin elegy and the age of Augustus." -- Thea S. Thorsen, GNOMON