Based on a dissertation.
Introduction: Autonomy ancient and modern
First-person poetry and the autonomist turn: Lucilius, Catullus, and Cicero's Consulatus suus
Autarky, withdrawal, confinement: the autonomist niche in early Augustan poetry (ca. 39 BC-25 BC)
The expansion of autonomy: Augustan poetry (ca. 25 BC-AD 17)
Materialities of use and subordination: the challenge of the autonomist legacy
Conclusion: poetry and other 'games'.
Poetic autonomy in Ancient Rome by Luke Roman. ISBN 9780199675630. Published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.