Petronius the poet : verse and literary tradition in the Satyricon / Catherine Connors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connors, Catherine (Catherine Marie), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon.

Petronius Arbiter.

Petronius Arbiter--Poetic works.

Verse satire, Latin--History and criticism.

Verse satire, Latin.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Rome--In literature.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

Includes passages in Latin.

Summary:

The ancient novel, previously relegated to the margins of literary study, has recently taken its place at centre stage. Petronius' Satyricon, the oldest surviving work of prose fiction, is in many respects an arrestingly modern ancient novel but the inclusion within it of thirty short poems and two long ones introduces an alien feature in need of investigation. In this study, Catherine Connors draws on developments in Latin literary criticism to take a comprehensive approach to the Satyricon's poems, reminiscences of poetic texts, and the figure of the poet, assessing the ways in which they fragment and refashion established literary forms into a new amalgam of prose fiction. This book will be of interest to students of Latin literature, Neronian culture, and the early history of the novel. All Latin and Greek is translated.

Contents:

Introduction: Verse and genre in Petronian criticism

1. Refashioning the epic past. The wrath of Priapus. The Sibyl and the labyrinth. ' ... sic notus Ulixes?': recognitions of Odysseus. Reflections of Circe. Oenothea. The parrot and the swan

2. In the frame: context and continuity in the short poems. Trimalchio's poetic performances. Eumolpus' minor verse. Encolpius poeta. fortuna, naufragium, arbitrium

3. Troy retaken: repetition and re-enactment in the Troiae Halosis. Troy destroyed. Troy translated

4. The Bellum Civile. Epic and novel. Global perspectives. Consuming the world. Weighty problems. Divine machinery. Phlegraean stories. Itineraries. Boundaries. Shipwreck.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-511-58527-6

0-511-00490-7