Tacitus, the epic successor [[electronic resource] ] : Virgil, Lucan, and the narrative of civil war in the histories / / by Timothy A. Joseph
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Joseph Timothy A
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Tacitus, the epic successor [[electronic resource] ] : Virgil, Lucan, and the narrative of civil war in the histories / / by Timothy A. Joseph
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 937/.07 |
| Soggetto topico: | Classical literature - History and criticism |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rome Historiography |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminary Material / Timothy A. Joseph -- Tacitus the Epic Successor / Timothy A. Joseph -- History as Epic / Timothy A. Joseph -- The Deaths of Galba and the Desecration of Rome / Timothy A. Joseph -- The Battles of Cremona / Timothy A. Joseph -- Otho’s Exemplary Response / Timothy A. Joseph -- “Savage Even in Its Peace” / Timothy A. Joseph -- Bibliography / Timothy A. Joseph -- General Index / Timothy A. Joseph -- Index of Passages Discussed / Timothy A. Joseph. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Allusions to the epic poets Virgil and Lucan in the writing of the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55 – c. 120 C.E.) have long been noted. This monograph argues that Tacitus fashions himself as a rivaling literary successor to these poets; and that the emulative allusions to Virgil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Bellum Civile in Books 1–3 of his inaugural historiographical work, the Histories , complement and build upon each other, and contribute significantly to the picture of repetitive, escalating civil war in the work. The argument is founded on the close reading of a series of related passages in the Histories , and it also broadens to consider certain narrative techniques and strategies that Tacitus shares with writers of epic. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Tacitus the epic successor |
| ISBN: | 1-283-55116-0 |
| 9786613863614 | |
| 90-04-23128-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462015703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. . -Supplementum ; ; 345.