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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781743303321

Titolo

Brill's companion to Lucan [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paolo Asso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-28091-4

9786613280916

90-04-21709-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (647 p.)

Collana

Brill's companions in classical studies, , 1872-3357

Altri autori (Persone)

AssoPaolo <1965->

Disciplina

873/.01

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. A. Author -- pt. B. Intertexts-contexts-texts -- pt. C. Civil warriors -- pt. D. Civil war themes -- pt. E. Reception -- pt. F. Retrospective.

Sommario/riassunto

Although it was labeled an anti-epic for trumping the celebratory scope of the Roman national epos, Lucan’s Bellum Civile is a hymn to lost republican liberty composed under Nero’s tyrannical empire. Lucan lost his life in a foiled conspiracy to replace the emperor, but his poem survived the wreckage of antiquity and enjoyed uninterrupted readership. The present collection samples the most current approaches to Lucan’s poem, its themes, its dialogue with other texts, its reception in medieval and early modern literature, and its relevance to audiences of all times.