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Poesi och propaganda. Den latinska musan i politikens tjänst.

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Summary, in English

Latin poetry in the service of political propaganda. The poems commissioned by princes from hired writers of Latin verse had the same function as propagandist media and planted information has today. A survey from the Augustean times up till the 19th century.

Department/s

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

113-126

Publication/Series

Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitetsakademiens årsbok

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquity, Stockholm

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • political propaganda
  • Latin poetry
  • hired writers
  • princely courts in Western society

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0083-6796