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Lucan's 'Bellum Civile'
eBook - Between Epic Tradition and Aesthetic Innovation, ISSN
ISBN/EAN: 9783110229486
Umbreit-Nr.: 8481059
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 252 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 30.07.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>Lucans<em>Bellum Civile</em>is one of the most impressive and unusual works of Silver Age Latin literature, and has been the subject of much research in recent years. In this volume well-known experts on Lucan examine the poetological, narratological and stylistic techniques the author employed to write on the theme of civil war. The epic poem is at once both conforms to and exceeds the tradition of the genre, and confronts its readers with a new kind of aesthetic.</p>
- Kurztext
- <p>The volumes published in the series <em>Beiträge zur Altertumskunde</em> comprise monographs, collective volumes, editions, translations and commentaries on various topics from the fields of Greek and Latin Philology, Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Philosophy as well as Classical Reception Studies. The series thus offers indispensable research tools for a wide range of disciplines related to Ancient Studies. </p>
- Autorenportrait
- <p><strong>Nicola Hömke</strong> and<strong>Christiane Reitz</strong>, University of Rostock.</p>