Lucan
Published on 28. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
554 pages
978-0-19-927723-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book makes available in convenient form a selection of seminal articles on the Roman poet Lucan's grim epic, written in the time of Nero, on the world-changing civil war between Caesar and Pompey in the mid first century BC. The selection enables the reader of Lucan's work to trace the emergence of vital critical perspectives and controversies and the diverse approaches that have been applied to them. Five essays appear in English for the first time, and quotations from Latin and Greek have been translated. A specially written Introduction, by Susanna Braund, provides an up-to-date guide to scholarship on Lucan and to the history of the reception of the poem.
Reviews / Votes
The eloquence, varuety, and now greaater accessibility of its contributions make this collection a teaching resource of tremendous value. * Sean Easton, Gustavus Adolphus College *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
674 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927723-0 (9780199277230)
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Persons
The late Charles Tesoriero was Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, Australia.
Frances Muecke is Senior Lecturer in Latin at the University of Sydney.
Tamara Neal has taught Classics at the Universities of Sydney and New England, Australia.
Frances Muecke is Senior Lecturer in Latin at the University of Sydney.
Tamara Neal has taught Classics at the Universities of Sydney and New England, Australia.
Content
Introduction ; 1. Lucan as the Transmitter of Ancient Pathos ; 2. The Proem of the Pharsalia ; 3. Is the Eulogy of Nero at the Beginning of the Pharsalia Ironic? ; 4. Lucan and the Declamation Schools ; 5. Lucan's Use of Virgilian Reminiscence ; 6. Stimulos Dedit Aemula Virtus: Lucan and Homer Reconsidered ; 7. The Oak and the Lightning: Lucan, Bellum Civile 1.135-157 ; 8. Lucan's Caesar and the Sacred Grove: Deforestation and Enlightenment in Antiquity ; 9. Lucan and the History of the Civil War ; 10. The Politician Lucan ; 11. Lucan's Imagery of Cosmic Dissolution ; 12. Lucan's Auctor Vix Fidelis ; 13. Stat Magni Nominis Umbra: Lucan on the Greatness of Pompeius Magnus ; 14. Indocilis Privata Loqui: The Characterization of Lucan's Caesar ; 15. Cato, Caesar, and Fortune in Lucan ; 16. Lucan's Caesar at Troy ; 17. Lucan/The Word at War