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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463057803321

Autore

Fratantuono Lee <1973->

Titolo

Madness triumphant [[electronic resource] ] : a reading of Lucan's Pharsalia / / Lee Fratantuono

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

0-7391-7315-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Disciplina

873/.01

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Wars Worse Than Civil; 2 And Now the Wrath of the Gods; 3 As the South Wind Drove the Fleet; 4 But the Very Edge of the Earth; 5 Thus Did Fortune Preserve; 6 After the Leaders Pitched Their Camps; 7 Slower Than the Eternal Law; 8 And Now, Beyond the Gorges of Hercules; 9 But Not in Pharian Ash; 10 As Soon As Caesar Trampled; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Madness Triumphant: A Reading of Lucan's Pharsalia offers the most detailed and comprehensive analysis of Lucan's epic poem of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey to have appeared in English. In the manner of his previous books on Virgil and Ovid, Professor Fratantuono considers the Pharsalia as an epic investigation of the nature of fury and madness in Rome, this time during the increasing insanity of Nero's reign.