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The first book-length study of sexuality and gender in De rerum natura. Argues that the understanding of the universe it presents represents an unremitting assault upon the fictions that comprise Roman masculinity. Nevertheless, Lucretius offers an Epicurean vision of masculinity that just might save the Republic.

Lucretius and the End of Masculinity

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 9/18/2025
      ISBN13: 9781009242325, 978-1009242325
      ISBN10: 1009242326

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      Book Synopsis
      The first book-length study of sexuality and gender in De rerum natura. Argues that the understanding of the universe it presents represents an unremitting assault upon the fictions that comprise Roman masculinity. Nevertheless, Lucretius offers an Epicurean vision of masculinity that just might save the Republic.

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