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Flavian Epic (Hardcover)
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Flavian Epic (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies
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The epics of the three Flavian poets-Silius Italicus, Statius, and
Valerius Flaccus-have, in recent times, attracted the attention of
scholars, who have re-evaluated the particular merits of Flavian
poetry as far more than imitation of the traditional norms and
patterns. Drawn from sixty years of scholarship, this edited
collection is the first volume to collate the most influential
modern academic writings on Flavian epic poetry, revised and
updated to provide both scholars and students alike with a broad
yet comprehensive overview of the field. A wide range of topics
receive coverage, and analysis and interpretation of individual
poems are integrated throughout. The plurality of the critical
voices included in the volume presents a much-needed variety of
approaches, which are used to tackle questions of intertextuality,
gender, poetics, and the social and political context of the
period. In doing so, the volume demonstrates that by engaging in a
complex and challenging intertextual dialogue with their literary
predecessors, the innovative epics of the Flavian poets respond to
contemporary needs, expressing overt praise, or covert anxiety,
towards imperial rule and the empire.
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