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Anatomizing Civil War : Studies in Lucan's Epic Technique /

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" Imperial Latin epic has seen a renaissance of scholarly interest. This book illuminates the work of the poet Lucan, a contemporary of the emperor Nero. This maverick but socially prominent poet, whom Nero commanded to commit suicide at the age of 26, left an epic poem on the civil war between...

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Main Author: Dinter, Martin T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lucan, > 39-65.
Lucan, > 39-65. > Pharsalia.
Lucan, > 39-65 > Technique.
War and literature.
Technique.
Epic poetry, Latin.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
Poesie epique latine > Histoire et critique.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > History > Civil War, 49-45 B.C. > Literature and the war.
Pharsalia (Lucan)
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Aide-MÃmoire: The Plot of Lucanâ’s Bellum Civile
  • 1. Lucanâ’s Epic Body: Anatomizing Civil War
  • 2. Embodiments: Lucan and Fama
  • 3. Autarchic Limbs: Sententiae in Lucan
  • 4. The Anatomy of Repetition
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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