LEADER 03518nam 2200697 450 001 9910456827303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8833-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442688339 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019283 035 $a(OCoLC)647921168 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382016 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478438 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478438 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435025 035 $a(PQKB)11506384 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430796 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224427 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268233 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672612 035 $a(DE-B1597)465364 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947380 035 $a(OCoLC)944176694 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442688339 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672612 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258271 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019283 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the image of the ancestors $enarratives of kinship in Flavian epic /$fNeil W. Bernstein 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 1 $aPhoenix Supplementary Volumes ;$v48 311 $a0-8020-9879-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Kinship as Narrative -- $t2. Valerius' Argonautica: Kinship and Power -- $t3. Statius' Thebaid -- $t4. Statius' Achilleid: Nature and Nurture -- $t5. Silius' Punica: Kinship and the State -- $t6. From Family to Nation: Descent and Ethnicity in Flavian Epic -- $t7. The Poetics of Kinship -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex Locorum -- $tGeneral Index -- $tBackmatter 330 $aOnly four Roman epic poems survive from the Flavian period (69-96 AD): Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica, Statius's Thebaid and Achilleid, and Silius Italicus's Punica. Neil W. Bernstein argues that these poems contain depictions of kinship that are significantly different from earlier epic and examines these representations in the context of the social, political, and aesthetic changes of the early Imperial period. The author analyses various kinds of kinship, including biological relationships, elective relationships such as marriage and adoption, and the symbolic bonds of social and political allegiances, to illuminate the complex ways in which the Roman upper class asserted their status with or without noble lineage. A fresh and fascinating look at not only Roman poetry, but the epic tradition itself, In the Image of the Ancestors is essential reading for classicists and literary historians. 410 0$aPhoenix.$pSupplementary volume ;$v48. 606 $aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism 606 $aKinship in literature 606 $aFamilies in literature 607 $aRome$xHistory$yFlavians, 69-96 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aKinship in literature. 615 0$aFamilies in literature. 676 $a873/.01093552 700 $aBernstein$b Neil W.$f1973-$0997803 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456827303321 996 $aIn the image of the ancestors$92288411 997 $aUNINA