The Murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity by Sarah B Pomeroy (Harvard University Press, 2009)

Book Reviews

1. Begin by giving a brief overview of the review and its place of publication. What is the intended audience?

2. Who is the author? What are his/her qualifications?

3. What are the distinctive features of this particular reviw of Regilla (compared to other reviews)?

4. What is the author's opinion of the book? Why?

5. What is your opinion of the author's review? Do you agree or disagree and why?

 

Magill's Literary Annual 2008 (Salem Press), 495-499. Pomeroy, Sarah B. The Murder of Regilla: A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity. Reviewed by Thomas J. Sienkewicz

Scholarly Reviews
Bryn Mawr Classical Review by Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford University Press (aulus@gellius.demon.co.uk)
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2008/2008-01-44.html

The Classical Review, New Series, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Oct., 2008), pp. 550-552. Review by Susan Treggiari.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20482584

The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 99, (2009), p. 244. Review by Caroline Vout
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40599767

Historian Winter 2009, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p914-915. By John Lawless

Clark, Anna. Journal of Women's History. Fall2011, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p193-202. See print copy in Hewes Library

Some Brief Reviews

Publishers Weekly. 6/4/2007, Vol. 254 Issue 23, p41-42.

New Yorker. 12/10/2007, Vol. 83 Issue 39, p113-113. (briefly noted)

Ayoub, Nina C. Chronicle of Higher Education. 10/5/2007, Vol. 54 Issue 6, p14-14

Connolly, Joy. TLS. 4/11/2008, Issue 5480, p9-9

Gessert, G. S. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Feb2008, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p1030-1030. 1/6p. , Database: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

Some Web-based Reviews
http://gracchii.blogspot.com/2008/03/murder-of-regilla.html. Reviewed anonymously by "Gracchii"

UNRV History Review

 http://www.unrv.com/book-review/the-murder-of-regilla.php. Reviewed anonymously by “Bryaxis Hecatee”