Forgotten Stars: Rediscovering Manilius' Astronomica

• Autore: Green
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 871.01
• Soggetto topico: Astrology in literature - History and criticism; Astronomy, Ancient, in literature; Didactic poetry, Latin; Languages & Literatures; Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures
• Classificazione: 6,12; FX 203005
• Persona (resp. second.): GreenSteven J; VolkKatharina
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : a century of Manilian scholarship / Katharina Volk -- I: Intellectual and scientific backdrop. More sentiment than science : Roman stargazing before and after Manilius / Elaine Fantham ; Manilius' conflicted Stoicism / Thomas Habinek ; Myth and explanation in Manilius / Daryn Lehoux -- II: Integrity and consistency. Watch this space (getting round 1.215-46) / John Henderson ; On two Stoic 'paradoxes' in Manilius / Wolfgang-Rainer Mann ; Manilian self-contradiction / Katharina Volk ; Arduum ad astra : the poetics and politics of horoscopic failure in Manilius' 'Astronomica' / Steven J. Green -- III: Metaphors. Tropes and figures : Manilian style as a reflection of astrological tradition / Wolfgang Hübner ; Sums in verse or a mathematical aesthetic? / Duncan F. Kennedy ; Census and commercium : two economic metaphors in Manilius / Patrick Glauthier -- IV: Didactic digressions. Digressions, intertextuality, and ideology in didactic poetry : the case of Manilius / Monica R. Gale ; Cosmos and imperium : politicized digressions in Manilius' 'Astronomica' / Josèphe-Henriette Abry ; A song from the universal chorus : the Perseus and Andromeda epyllion / James Uden -- V: Reception. Augustus, Manilius, and Claudiian / Enrico Flores ; Renaissance receptions of Manilius' anthropology / Caroline Stark ; Lorenzo Bonincontri's reception of Manilius' chapter on comets (Astr.1.809-926) / Stephan Heilen.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a collection of essays on the 'Astronomica' of Manilius a poem which purports to teach the reader the art of astrology and the means by which an accurate horoscope may be cast. In this book an international team of scholars analyse this dynamic poem from a variety of perspectives.
• Titolo autorizzato: Forgotten Stars: Rediscovering Manilius' Astronomica
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996203496903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno