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Zusatztext 'This book will be widely consulted by scholars and students working in the area.'illiam J Dominik! University of Natal! Durban! Scholia! Vol. 3! 1994 Klappentext This book explores central aspects of the period in Latin literature often depreciatingly termed 'Silver'. It is unusual in embracing both poetry and prose, and in offering close literary discussion of a large number of particular passages. It is not a history, but a selective and comparative study; it throws fresh light on the period as a whole, on individual authors, and on differences and affinities between genres. Most space is given to epic and tragedy, and to the prose of Seneca and Tacitus; but Juvenal, Martial, the Younger Pliny, and other authors are also treated. The book considers large features of genre, and relates these to fundamental elements of style and to the treatment of some vital themes. It aims to give the reader a feeling for this brilliant, and extraordinary, writing, and a sense of the excitement and fascination of the literary period. Latin in the text is translated. Zusammenfassung A close and wide-ranging treatment of a period in Latin literature which is beginning to arouse considerable new interest. All Latin in the book is translated. This text should be of interest to scholars and students of classical literature - both in original language and in translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of authors and emperors; Introduction; Conceptions of genre: Criticisms in prose, 'lower' poetry; Genre and philosophy, history, and high poetry; Wit; Extravagance; Structure and cohesion; The gods in mythological poetry; The gods in prose and in Lucan; Death in prose; Death in high poetry; Bibliography; General index; Index of passages discussed.
