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UNINA9910462015703321 |
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Autore |
Joseph Timothy A |
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Titolo |
Tacitus, the epic successor [[electronic resource] ] : Virgil, Lucan, and the narrative of civil war in the histories / / by Timothy A. Joseph |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-55116-0 |
9786613863614 |
90-04-23128-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Collana |
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Mnemosyne supplements ; ; volume 345 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Classical literature - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
Rome Historiography |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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Preliminary Material / Timothy A. Joseph -- Tacitus the Epic Successor / Timothy A. Joseph -- History as Epic / Timothy A. Joseph -- The Deaths of Galba and the Desecration of Rome / Timothy A. Joseph -- The Battles of Cremona / Timothy A. Joseph -- Otho’s Exemplary Response / Timothy A. Joseph -- “Savage Even in Its Peace” / Timothy A. Joseph -- Bibliography / Timothy A. Joseph -- General Index / Timothy A. Joseph -- Index of Passages Discussed / Timothy A. Joseph. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Allusions to the epic poets Virgil and Lucan in the writing of the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55 – c. 120 C.E.) have long been noted. This monograph argues that Tacitus fashions himself as a rivaling literary successor to these poets; and that the emulative allusions to Virgil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Bellum Civile in Books 1–3 of his inaugural historiographical work, the Histories , complement and build upon each other, and contribute significantly to the picture of repetitive, escalating civil war in the work. The argument is founded on the close reading of a series of related passages in the Histories , and it also broadens to consider certain narrative techniques and strategies that Tacitus shares with writers of epic. |
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