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AFTER VIRGIL
THE POETRY, POLITICS AND PERVERSION OF ROMAN EPIC |
| By: |
Robert Cowan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£13.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
190467562X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781904675624 |
| Publisher: |
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 April, 2013 |
| Series: |
Greece and Rome Live |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
What is epic? Is it all kings and battles with no women? Is it about glorifying and validating the victors? With subject matter drawn from myth and history - from Hannibal to Caesar, Oedipus to Medea, this book contains poems that explore issues of gender, the relationship between gods and mortals, tyranny and civil war. |
| Synopsis: |
What is epic? Is it all kings and battles with no women? Is it about glorifying and validating the victors? These are the questions that Virgil's successors self-consciously explored through poetry in the 120 years after the Aeneid achieved instant classic status and set the standard for Roman epic. Through their work they engaged in a dynamic process of imitating, interpreting, reacting against, and even perverting that standard. With subject matter drawn from myth and history - from Hannibal to Caesar, Oedipus to Medea - these poems explore issues of gender, the relationship between gods and mortals, tyranny, civil war, and, above all, what it meant to be Roman under the Emperors. After a survey of the epic tradition before Virgil and on through Ovid, each chapter explores a theme or issue, with illustrations and case-studies from all of the post-Virgilian epics. Themes covered include intertextuality, politics, cities, gender, the supernatural, and narrative. A final chapter will examine the reception and afterlife of post-Virgilian epic. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Bristol Phoenix Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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