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Flavian Epic Interactions (Hardcover)
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Flavian Epic Interactions (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
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This volume on the three Flavian epic poets (Valerius Flaccus,
Statius and Silius Italicus) for the first time critically engages
with a unique set-up in Roman literary history: the survival of
four epic poems from the same period (Argonautica; Thebaid,
Achilleid; Punica). The interactions of these poems with each other
and their contemporary context are explored by over 20 experts and
emerging scholars. Topics studied include the political dimension
of the epics, their use of epic themes and techniques and their
intertextual relationship among each other and to predecessors. The
recent upsurge of interest in Flavian epic has been focussed on the
analysis of individual works. Looking at these poems together now
allows the appreciation of their similarities and nuanced
differences in the light of their shared position in literary and
political history and gives insights into the literary culture of
the period. The different approaches and backgrounds of the
contributors ensure the presentation of a range of viewpoints.
Together they offer new perspectives to the still increasing
readership of Flavian epic poetry but also to anyone interested in
the epic genre within Roman literature or other cultures more
generally.
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