Lucan

Zusatztext The eloquence, varuety, and now greaater accessibility of its contributions make this collection a teaching resource of tremendous value. Informationen zum Autor The late Charles Tesoriero was Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, Australia.Frances Muecke is Senior Lecturer in Latin at the University of Sydney.Tamara Neal has taught Classics at the Universities of Sydney and New England, Australia. Klappentext A selection of essential essays, by leading scholars, on Lucan's civil war epic, De Bello Civili. Five essays appear in English for the first time, and quotations from Latin and Greek have been translated. A specially written Introduction, by Susanna Braund, provides an up-to-date guide to scholarship and reception. Zusammenfassung A selection of essential essays, by leading scholars, on Lucan's civil war epic, De Bello Civili. Five essays appear in English for the first time, and quotations from Latin and Greek have been translated. A specially written Introduction, by Susanna Braund, provides an up-to-date guide to scholarship and reception. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Eduard Fraenkel: Lucan as the Transmitter of Ancient Pathos 2: Gian Biagio Conte: The Proem of the Pharsalia 3: Pierre Grimal: Is the Eulogy of Nero at the Beginning of the Pharsalia Ironic? 4: Stanley F. Bonner: Lucan and the Declamation Schools 5: Lynette Thompson and R. T. Bruère: Lucan's Use of Virgilian Reminiscence 6: C. M. C. Green: Stimulos Dedit Aemula Virtus: Lucan and Homer Reconsidered 7: Judith A. Rosner-Siegel: The Oak and the Lightning: Lucan, Bellum Civile 1.135-157 8: Matthew Leigh: Lucan's Caesar and the Sacred Grove: Deforestation and Enlightenment in Antiquity 9: A. W. Lintott: Lucan and the History of the Civil War 10: Charles Martindale: The Politician Lucan 11: Michael Lapidge: Lucan's Imagery of Cosmic Dissolution 12: Kirk Ormand: Lucan's Auctor Vix Fidelis 13: D. C. Feeney: Stat Magni Nominis Umbra: Lucan on the Greatness of Pompeius Magnus 14: Martin Helzle: Indocilis Privata Loqui: The Characterization of Lucan's Caesar 15: Wolf H. Friedrich: Cato, Caesar, and Fortune in Lucan 16: Otto Zwierlein: Lucan's Caesar at Troy 17: John Henderson: Lucan/The Word at War ...

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• Authors: Charles Tesoriero, Charles Muecke Tesoriero, the Late Charles (Formerly Lecturer in Tesoriero
• Assisted by: Frances Muecke (Editor), Muecke Frances (Editor), Tamara Neal (Editor), Charles Tesoriero (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9780199277230
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927723-0
• No. of pages: 554
• Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford Readings in Classical S; Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford Readings in Classical S
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets