02374nam 2200529Ia 450 991082773390332120240314010220.00-7391-7315-4(CKB)2670000000390347(EBL)1251011(OCoLC)852758577(SSID)ssj0000916954(PQKBManifestationID)12465915(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916954(PQKBWorkID)10891555(PQKB)10946659(MiAaPQ)EBC1251011(Au-PeEL)EBL1251011(CaPaEBR)ebr10731668(CaONFJC)MIL504367(EXLCZ)99267000000039034720120330d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMadness triumphant a reading of Lucan's Pharsalia /Lee Fratantuono1st ed.Lanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (495 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7314-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorMadness 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.Epic poetry, LatinHistory and criticismEpic poetry, LatinHistory and criticism.873/.01Fratantuono Lee1973-476963MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827733903321Madness triumphant240605UNINA