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Autore |
Bartsch Shadi <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Ideology in cold blood [[electronic resource] ] : a reading of Lucan's Civil war / / Shadi Bartsch |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x,224p.) |
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Collana |
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[Revealing antiquity ; ; 6] |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism |
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Rome History Civil War, 49-45 B.C |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE The Subject under Siege -- TWO Paradox, Doubling, and Despair -- THREE Pompey as Pivot -- FOUR The Will to Believe -- FIVE History without Banisters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Is Lucan's epic Civil War an example of ideological poetry, or does it proclaim the meaninglessness of ideology? The author finds in the paradoxes of Lucan's poetry both a political irony that responds to the need for, yet suspicion of, ideology. |
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