Dark Side of Statius'' Achilleid - Epic Distorted

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Statius' Achilleid, an epic poem written in the 1st century A.D. It explores the poem's relationship with its literary precursors and positions at centre-stage its darker elements, offering new readings of the Achilleid in relation to its literary inheritance, gender dynamics, and generic tensions.

Sommario

• Editions


• Abbreviations


• Introduction: Charting a New Interpretation of Statius' Achilleid


• 1: Leonine Achilles


• 2: Transgression and Excess


• 3: Tradunt Dolos Patres


• 4: Vatic Authority and Poetics


• Postlude and#8211 'an epic of problematics'


• Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Julene Abad Del Vecchio is Lecturer in Classical Literature and Culture at the University of Manchester. She has published articles and chapters on Flavian poetry, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and on the reception of classical literature in the works of the dramatists of the Spanish Golden Age. She has also worked as a Research Associate in the AHRC Ancient Letter Collections project.

Riassunto

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Statius' Achilleid, an epic poem written in the 1st century A.D. It explores the poem's relationship with its literary precursors and positions at centre-stage its darker elements, offering new readings of the Achilleid in relation to its literary inheritance, gender dynamics, and generic tensions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dr Julene (Lecturer in Classical Abad Del Vecchio, Julene Abad Del Vecchio, Julene (Lecturer in Classical Li Abad Del Vecchio
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9780198895206
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889520-6
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica classica; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient Sagas and epics, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets