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Reading Fear in Flavian Epic - Emotion, Power, and Stoicism (Hardcover)
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Reading Fear in Flavian Epic - Emotion, Power, and Stoicism (Hardcover)
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This book examines the textual representations of emotions, fear in
particular, through the lens of Stoic thought and their impact on
depictions of power, gender, and agency. It first draws attention
to the role and significance of fear, and cognate emotions, in the
tyrant's psyche, and then goes on to explore how these emotions, in
turn, shape the wider narratives. The focus is on the lengthy epics
of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Statius' Thebaid, and Silius
Italicus' Punica. All three poems are obsessed with men in power
with no power over themselves, a marked concern that carries a
strong Senecan fingerprint. Seneca's influence on post-Neronian
epic can be felt beyond his plays. His Epistles and other prose
works prove particularly illuminating for each of the poet's
gendered treatment of the relationship between power and emotion.
By adopting a Roman Stoic perspective, both philosophical and
cultural, this study brings together a cluster of major ideas to
draw meaningful connections and unlock new readings.
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