Elisabeth Schedel - Ambiguities of War: A Narratological Commentary on Silius Italicus' Battle of Ticinus (Sil. 4.1-479)

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Elisabeth Schedel

Ambiguities of War: A Narratological Commentary on Silius Italicus' Battle of Ticinus (Sil. 4.1-479)

English · Hardback

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The book lays bare the narrative form of Silius' text. It focuses on the phenomenon of ambiguity due to the epic's constant oscillation between fact and fiction, highlighting Roman triumph in defeat and defeat through triumph.

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Authors Elisabeth Schedel
Publisher Brill
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.09.2022
 
EAN 9789004522664
ISBN 978-90-04-52266-4
No. of pages 428
Weight 834 g
Series Mnemosyne, Supplements
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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