Poesi och propaganda. Den latinska musan i politikens tjänst.

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Abstract

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.

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  • Languages and Literature

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  • political propaganda, Latin poetry, hired writers, princely courts in Western society
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitetsakademiens årsbok
PublisherRoyal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquity, Stockholm
Pages113-126
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Publication categoryResearch
Peer-reviewedNo

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ISSN (Print)0083-6796