LEADER 03704oam 2200673 450 001 9910265239003321 005 20180927090702.0 010 $a0-472-90105-2 010 $a0-472-02871-5 010 $a1-299-15986-9 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.4586464 035 $a(CKB)2550000001001335 035 $a(EBL)3415123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821544 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11441952 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821544 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10878967 035 $a(PQKB)10670476 035 $a(OCoLC)828496174 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18558 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120453 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.4586464 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3415123 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10658496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL447236 035 $a(OCoLC)923504943 035 $a(ScCtBLL)0ca5e8e8-3153-4782-8f73-a5fd7a12c924 035 $aEBL7007879 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7007879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3415123 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7007879 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28100 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001001335 100 $a20121212d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAnatomizing Civil War $estudies in Lucan's epic technique /$fMartin T. Dinter 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cThe University of Michigan Press,$d[2012] 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-472-11850-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-172) and indexes. 330 $a" Imperial Latin epic has seen a renaissance of scholarly interest. This book illuminates the work of the poet Lucan, a contemporary of the emperor Nero. This maverick but socially prominent poet, whom Nero commanded to commit suicide at the age of 26, left an epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey that epitomizes the exuberance and stylistic experimentation of Neronian culture. This study focuses on Lucan's epic technique and traces his influence through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Martin Dinter's newest volume engages with Lucan's use of body imagery, sententiae, Fama (rumor), and open-endedness throughout his civil war epic. Although Lucan's Bellum Civile is frequently decried as a fragmented as well as fragmentary epic, this study demonstrates how Lucan uses devices other than teleology and cohesive narrative structure to bind together the many parts of his epic body. Anatomizing Civil War places at center stage characteristics of Lucan's work that have so far been interpreted as excessive, or as symptoms of an overly rhetorical culture indicating a lack of substance. By demonstrating that they all contribute to Lucan's poetic technique, Martin Dinter shows how they play a fundamental role in shaping and connecting the many episodes of the Bellum Civile that constitute Lucan's epic body. This important volume will be of interest to students of classics and comparative literature as well as literary scholars. All Greek and Latin passages have been translated"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism 607 $aRome$xHistory$yCivil War, 49-45 B.C$xLiterature and the war 615 0$aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a873/.01 686 $aHIS002020$aLIT004190$2bisacsh 700 $aDinter$b Martin T$0617473 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910265239003321 996 $aAnatomizing Civil War$91085720 997 $aUNINA