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Autore |
Bernstein Neil W. <1973-> |
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Titolo |
In the image of the ancestors : narratives of kinship in Flavian epic / / Neil W. Bernstein |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9303-7 |
1-4426-8833-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Collana |
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Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; ; 48 |
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Soggetti |
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Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism |
Kinship in literature |
Families in literature |
Rome History Flavians, 69-96 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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1. Kinship as narrative -- 2. Valerius' Argonautica : kinship and power -- 3. Statius' Thebaid -- 4. Statius' Achilleid : nature and nurture -- 5. Silius' Punica : kinship and the state -- 6. From family to nation : descent and ethnicity in Flavian epic -- 7. The poetics of kinship. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Neil W. Bernstein argues that four Roman epic poems contain depictions of kinship that are significantly different from earlier epic and examines these representations in the context of the social, political, and aesthetic changes of the early Imperial period. |
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