Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521123615
ISBN-13
9780521123617
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 19th, 2009
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
330 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalLiterary studies: poetry & poets
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This highly original study argues that Statius' epic Thebaid reflects the theme of internal discord in its narrative strategies. The Homeric and Virgilian epic traditions compete with Hellenistic poetic ideals to produce a tension between the impulse towards the generic expectations of warfare and the deferral of such conflict.
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