Flavian epic interactions / edited by Gesine Manuwald and Astrid Voigt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manuwald, Gesine.

Voigt, Astrid.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 21.

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Latin.

Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, active 1st century--Criticism and interpretation.

Valerius Flaccus, Gaius.

Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius--Criticism and interpretation.

Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)--Criticism and interpretation.

Statius, P. Papinius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 focused 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface and acknowledgements

Contents

Flavian epic interactions

The Flavian Punica?

Imperial encomia in Flavian epic

Recusatio in Flavian epic poetry

Praise in Flavian epic

Critical interactions

Looking for the Giants

Flavian epic and the sublime

Distat opus nostrum, sed fontibus exit ab isdem

Teichoskopia and katabasis

Slavery in Flavian epic

The contradictions of Valerius’ and Statius’ Jupiter

Proleptic ekphrasis in Flavian epic

Does mass matter?

Traces of the Argo

Silius versus Valerius

invida fata piis?

The Thebaid and the fall of Saguntum in Punica 2

Beginning at the end

Of corpses, carnivores and Cecropian pyres

‘Well stored with subtle wiles’

Statius, Silius Italicus and the snake pit of intertextuality

Flaminius’ failure?

Bibliography

Index of names and subjects

Index of epic passages

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 6, 2013).

ISBN:

9783110314304

3110314304

OCLC:

858762073