Statius

Name: Statius
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521666237
Price: 6100 KES
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ISBN: 9780521666237

by Statius

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

ISBN-10 0521666236

ISBN-13 9780521666237

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 17th, 2011

Print length 294 Pages

Weight 408 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 13.90 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Biography, Literature and Literary studies Literature & literary studies

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Introduction and commentary designed for advanced students. Written for the most part after the success of the Thebaid, the Silvae present a dialogue between the life of court politics and that of cultured withdrawal, delicately and allusively exploring the competing values of courtly service and private life.

With the exception of a poem on the unscripted death of a lion in the Colosseum, Book II of Statius' Silvae is largely domestic in theme. It reflects the more private side of Roman culture, its pleasures, houses, gardens, friendships, and personal losses; it concludes with a provocative tribute to the poet Lucan. Despite its variety, the book is carefully constructed as a unit, and this edition, which is suitable for use with advanced students, puts the book into its context in the history of Greek and Roman poetry. The commentary takes into account the important work done on the text of the Silvae in the past two decades as well as the new perspectives brought to bear on Flavian culture by historians and archaeologists. It explores Statius' use of the short poem as a playful engagement with literary tradition that also reflects changing ideas of Roman cultural identity.

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