Claudian and the Roman epic tradition / / Catherine Ware [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462304103321
• Autore: Ware Catherine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-107-22950-2; 1-139-41147-0; 1-280-68299-X; 9786613659934; 1-139-42283-9; 1-139-41981-1; 1-139-00415-8; 1-139-42186-7; 1-139-41776-2; 1-139-42390-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 871/.01
• Soggetti: Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism; Rome In literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Panegyric-epic -- Roman epic -- Defining the empire -- Cycles of time -- Enemies of Roman order -- The golden age I: Virgil and Claudian -- The golden age II: the individual.
• Sommario/riassunto: The historical importance of Claudian as writer of panegyric and propaganda for the court of Honorius is well established but his poetry has been comparatively neglected: only recently has his work been the subject of modern literary criticism. Taking as its starting point Claudian's claim to be the heir to Virgil, this book examines his poetry as part of the Roman epic tradition. Discussing first what we understand by epic and its relevance for late antiquity, Catherine Ware argues that, like Virgil and later Roman epic poets, Claudian analyses his contemporary world in terms of classical epic. Engaging ; intertextually with his literary predecessors, Claudian updates concepts such as furor and concordia, redefining Romanitas to exclude the increasingly hostile east, depicting enemies of the west as new Giants and showing how the government of Honorius and his chief minister, Stilicho, have brought about a true golden age for the west.