A reading of Lucretius' De rerum natura / Lee Fratantuono.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fratantuono, Lee, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura.

Lucretius Carus, Titus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; London, [England] : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book offers a comprehensive commentary on Lucretius' </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">De Rerum Natura, </span><span>the</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> </span><span>earliest surviving full scale epic poem from ancient Rome. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Mother of the Children of Aeneas . . .; 2 Sweet on the Great Sea . . .; 3 O, from So Great a Darkness . . .; 4 The Trackless Ways of the Muses . . .; 5 Who Is Able to Compose an Epic . . .; 6 First Athens . . .; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-1155-4

OCLC:

910964245