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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 Caesar and Pompey that epitomizes the exuberance and stylistic experimentation of Neronian culture. This study focuses on Lucan's epic technique and traces his influence through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Martin Dinter's newest volume engages with Lucan's use of body imagery, sententiae, Fama (rumor), and open-endedness throughout his civil war epic. Although Lucan's Bellum Civile is frequently decried as a fragmented as well as fragmentary epic, this study demonstrates how Lucan uses devices other than teleology and cohesive narrative structure to bind together the many parts of his epic body. Anatomizing Civil War places at center stage characteristics of Lucan's work that have so far been interpreted as excessive, or as symptoms of an overly rhetorical culture indicating a lack of substance. By demonstrating that they all contribute to Lucan's poetic technique, Martin Dinter shows how they play a fundamental role in shaping and connecting the many episodes of the Bellum Civile that constitute Lucan's epic body. This important volume will be of interest to students of classics and comparative literature as well as literary scholars. All Greek and Latin passages have been translated"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-172) and indexes. |
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Aide-Mémoire: The Plot of Lucan�s Bellum Civile ""; ""1. Lucan�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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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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English. |
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Lucan, 39-65. Pharsalia.
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Lucan, 39-65 -- Technique.
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Lucan, 39-65. |
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Technique. |
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Pharsalia (Lucan) |
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Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Latin. |
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Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. -- Literature and the war.
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HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. |
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War and literature. |
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Rome (Empire) |
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Roman Civil War (Rome : 49-45 B.C.) |
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49-45 B.C. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anatomizing Civil War Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2012] 9780472118502 (hardback : alk. paper) (DLC) 2012042614 |
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9780472028719 e-book |
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0472028715 |
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9780472118502 hardback : alkaline paper |
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1299159869 |
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9780472901050 (electronic book) |
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9781299159860 |
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0472901052 (electronic book) |
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0472118501 (electronic book) |
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9780472118502 |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.4586464 |
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