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Tacitus, the epic successor [electronic resource] : Virgil, Lucan, and the narrative of civil war in the histories / by Timothy A. Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joseph, Timothy A.
- Series:
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 345.
- Mnemosyne supplements ; volume 345
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classical literature--History and criticism.
- Classical literature.
- Rome--Historiography.
- Rome.
- Tacitus, Cornelius. Annales.
- Tacitus, Cornelius.
- Tacitus, Cornelius. Historiae.
- Virgil.
- Lucan, 39-65.
- Lucan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Allusions to the epic poets Virgil and Lucan in the writing of the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55 – c. 120 C.E.) have long been noted. This monograph argues that Tacitus fashions himself as a rivaling literary successor to these poets; and that the emulative allusions to Virgil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Bellum Civile in Books 1–3 of his inaugural historiographical work, the Histories , complement and build upon each other, and contribute significantly to the picture of repetitive, escalating civil war in the work. The argument is founded on the close reading of a series of related passages in the Histories , and it also broadens to consider certain narrative techniques and strategies that Tacitus shares with writers of epic.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Timothy A. Joseph
- Tacitus the Epic Successor / Timothy A. Joseph
- History as Epic / Timothy A. Joseph
- The Deaths of Galba and the Desecration of Rome / Timothy A. Joseph
- The Battles of Cremona / Timothy A. Joseph
- Otho’s Exemplary Response / Timothy A. Joseph
- “Savage Even in Its Peace” / Timothy A. Joseph
- Bibliography / Timothy A. Joseph
- General Index / Timothy A. Joseph
- Index of Passages Discussed / Timothy A. Joseph.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-55116-0
- 9786613863614
- 90-04-23128-5
- OCLC:
- 808441536
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004231283 DOI
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