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The taste for nothingness : a study of virtus and related themes in Lucan's Bellum civile / R. Sklenář.
LIBRA PA6480 .S58 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sklenář, R. (Robert), 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lucan, 39-65. Pharsalia.
- Lucan.
- Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C--Literature and the war.
- Rome.
- Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Latin.
- Chaotic behavior in systems in literature.
- Cosmology, Ancient, in literature.
- Nihilism in literature.
- Virtus (The Latin word).
- Virtue in literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 158 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- The author explores the nihilistic view of the cosmos expressed by the poet and relates this perspective to the philosophical system of the Stoics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0472113100
- OCLC:
- 50722307
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