Statius, Poet Between Rome and Naples

Carole E. Newlands

ISBN 10: 1780932138 / ISBN 13: 9781780932132

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013

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pp. 224 Index 1st Edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statius, Poet Between Rome and Naples
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780932138
• ISBN 13: 9781780932132
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines the poetry of Statius (c. 40-96 AD), in relation to significant social and cultural issues of his day, in particular shifting attitudes to Hellenism, gender and Roman imperialism. It also discusses the reception of Statius' poetry in the Middle Ages, when his reputation was at its zenith. Medieval interpretations of Statius' epics suggest that their popularity rested in part on the prominence they give to female action and the female voice, thus suggesting new expressive and generic possibilities.

About the Authors

Carole E. Newlands is professor of Classics at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of Playing with Time: Ovid and the Fasti (Cornell University Press 1995); Statius' Siluae and the Poetics of Empire (Cambridge University Press 2001); and Statius Siluae Book 2 a Commentary (Cambridge University Press 2011). She is currently co-editor, with W. J. Dominik, of the forthcoming Brill Companion to Statius; and co-editor, with J. F. Miller, of the forthcoming Blackwell Handbook to the Reception of Ovid.

David Taylor was Director of Inspection at Olfsted. He is the author of Cicero and Rome (1996), and The Greek and Roman Stage (1999) also in the same Inside the Ancient World series.