Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica : Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198150989
ISBN-13
9780198150985
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 17th, 1998
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Dimensions
18.30 x 22.40 x 2.90 cms
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The author aims to provide readers who have not yet encountered Valerius Flaccus's work with a general introduction to the multi-faceted epic poem, "Argonautica". At the same time Hershkowitz offers those already familiar with the "Argonautica" a reevaluation of the work.
Valerius Flaccus'' unfinished and unjustly neglected epic, recounting the Argonauts'' quest for the Golden Fleece and the early stages of the love affair of Jason and Medea, has been relegated to the outer fringes of classical scholarship for many years. No full-length study devoted to the Argonautica has been published in English for over 100 years. This book seeks to redress the balance. The author aims to provide readers who have not yet encountered Valerius Flaccus'' work with a general introduction to this multi-faceted epic poem. At the same time Hershkowitz offers those already familiar with the Argonautica an in-depth re-evaluation of the work, contextualizing it within both an historical and a literary framework, and focusing in particular on its intertextual relationship with Apollonius'' Argonautica and Virgil''s Aeneid. Using Valerius'' epic as a test-case, Dr. Hershkowitz hopes to challenge many of the critical assumptions about the nature of Silver Latin literature.
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