03518nam 2200697 450 991045682730332120200520144314.01-4426-8833-510.3138/9781442688339(CKB)2550000000019283(OCoLC)647921168(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382016(SSID)ssj0000478438(PQKBManifestationID)11304323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478438(PQKBWorkID)10435025(PQKB)11506384(CaPaEBR)430796(CaBNvSL)slc00224427(MiAaPQ)EBC3268233(MiAaPQ)EBC4672612(DE-B1597)465364(OCoLC)1013947380(OCoLC)944176694(DE-B1597)9781442688339(Au-PeEL)EBL4672612(CaPaEBR)ebr11258271(EXLCZ)99255000000001928320160923h20082008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn the image of the ancestors narratives of kinship in Flavian epic /Neil W. BernsteinToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2008.©20081 online resource (296 p.) Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ;480-8020-9879-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index Locorum -- General Index -- BackmatterOnly four Roman epic poems survive from the Flavian period (69-96 AD): Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica, Statius's Thebaid and Achilleid, and Silius Italicus's Punica. Neil W. Bernstein argues that these 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. The author analyses various kinds of kinship, including biological relationships, elective relationships such as marriage and adoption, and the symbolic bonds of social and political allegiances, to illuminate the complex ways in which the Roman upper class asserted their status with or without noble lineage. A fresh and fascinating look at not only Roman poetry, but the epic tradition itself, In the Image of the Ancestors is essential reading for classicists and literary historians.Phoenix.Supplementary volume ;48.Epic poetry, LatinHistory and criticismKinship in literatureFamilies in literatureRomeHistoryFlavians, 69-96Electronic books.Epic poetry, LatinHistory and criticism.Kinship in literature.Families in literature.873/.01093552Bernstein Neil W.1973-997803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456827303321In the image of the ancestors2288411UNINA