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The first detailed cultural and theatrical history of a major
literary form, this landmark introduction examines Roman tragedy
and its place at the centre of Rome's cultural and political life.
Analyzing the work of such names as Ennius, Pacuvius and Accius, as
well as Seneca and his post-Neronian successors, Anthony J. Boyle
delves into detailed discussion on every Roman tragedian whose work
survives in substance today. Roman Tragedy examines: the history of
Roman tragic techniques and conventions the history of generic form
and change the debt that Rome owes to Greece, and text owes to text
the birth, development and death of Roman tragedy in the context of
the cities evolving, institutions, ideologies and political and
social practices tragedy proper and the historical drama (fabula
praetexta), which the Romans allied to tragedy. With parallel
English translations of Latin quotations, this seminal work not
only provides an invaluable resource for students of theatre, Roman
political history and cultural history, but it is also accessible
to all interested in the social dynamics of writing, spectacle,
ideology and power.
Roman epic lays claim to being Western civilisation's prime
literary form. This volume draws together 14 critically and
methodologically distinct essays, focusing on particular epicists -
their reaction to, influence on, and rewriting of each other. It
examines the formation and transformation of Roman epic from its
beginnings in the third century BC Saturnian poets Livius and
Naevius, to the Renaissance Latin epic of Petrarch and Vida. What
results is the revelation of Roman epic not only as Rome's highest
poetic genre but as a self-consciously intertextual, primarily
political form. The Roman epicist's creative exploitation of his
predecessors is not restricted to stylistic similarities and
generic codes, but often encompasses more important levels of
social, moral and political meaning. In the Roman tradition the
epic form shows an impetus to reform the celebratory values
implicit in the form itself, admitting a plurality of interactive,
often critical narrative voices. This book reveals how epic
developed and critically considers the generic and literary
tradition to which the texts belong.
Roman epic is both index and critique of the foundational culture
of the western world. It is one of Europe's most persistent and
determinant poetic modes. In this book distinguished Latinists
examine the formation and evolution of Roman epic from its
beginnings in the third century BC to the high Italian Renaissance.
Featuring a variety of methodologies and approaches, it clarifies
the literary importance and political and moral meaning of Roman
epic.
The first detailed cultural and theatrical history of a major
literary form, this landmark introduction examines Roman tragedy
and its place at the centre of Rome's cultural and political life.
Analyzing the work of such names as Ennius, Pacuvius and Accius, as
well as Seneca and his post-Neronian successors, Anthony J. Boyle
delves into detailed discussion on every Roman tragedian whose work
survives in substance today. Roman Tragedy examines: the history of
Roman tragic techniques and conventions the history of generic form
and change the debt that Rome owes to Greece, and text owes to text
the birth, development and death of Roman tragedy in the context of
the cities evolving, institutions, ideologies and political and
social practices tragedy proper and the historical drama (fabula
praetexta), which the Romans allied to tragedy. With parallel
English translations of Latin quotations, this seminal work not
only provides an invaluable resource for students of theatre, Roman
political history and cultural history, but it is also accessible
to all interested in the social dynamics of writing, spectacle,
ideology and power.
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