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The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition (Roman Literature and its Contexts) - Hardcover
Synopsis
This book is a critically sophisticated introduction to the epic tradition of the early Roman empire, specifically the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, and Silius Italicus. It explores the use that they all make of the great Augustan epic of Virgil, the Aeneid. Instead of being feeble imitations of the great classic (a common critical viewpoint), these poems are shown to be dynamic works that use the Virgilian model creatively to reflect the moral and political issues of their own day. All Latin is translated.
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Book Description
As opposed to feeble imitations of the Aeneid, the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, and Silius Italicus are viewed as dynamic works that use the Virgilian model creatively to reflect the moral and political issues of their own day.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 052141542X
- ISBN 13 9780521415422
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages141
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