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The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition

By Philip Hardie

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
ISBN
052141542X, 9780521415422
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1941192 bytes)
Series
Roman Literature and its Contexts
Pages
141\141
Time added
2020-06-23 07:29:37

Description

This book is a critically sophisticated introduction to the epic tradition of the early Roman empire, specifically the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, and Silius Italicus. It explores the use that they all make of the great Augustan epic of Virgil, the Aeneid. Instead of being feeble imitations of the great classic (a common critical viewpoint), these poems are shown to be dynamic works that use the Virgilian model creatively to reflect the moral and political issues of their own day. All Latin is translated. fm Contents Preface Closure and continuation Sacrifice and substitution Heaven and Hell Succession: fathers, poets, princes Bibliography General index Index of passages discussed

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