Flavian poetry / edited by Ruurd R. Nauta, Harm-Jan van Dam and Johannes J.L. Smolenaars.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nauta, Ruurd R., editor.

Dam, Harm-Jan van, 1948- editor.

Smolenaars, Johannes Jacobus Louis, editor.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 0169-8958 270.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 270. 0169-8958

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin poetry--History and criticism--Congresses.

Latin poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2006.

Summary:

The reign of the Flavian emperors (69-96) saw the production of a large and varied body of Latin poetry: the epics of Valerius Flaccus, Silius Italicus and Statius, the Silvae of the same Statius, and the Epigrams of Martial. This poetry, long seen as derivative or decadent, is now increasingly appreciated for the daring originality of its responses both to the Latin literary tradition and to the contemporary Roman world. In the summer of 2003, the first-ever international conference on Flavian poetry, was held at Groningen, The Netherlands, bringing together leading scholars in the field from Europe, North America and Australasia. This volume offers a selection of the papers delivered on that occasion.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ruurd R. Nauta , Harm-Jan Van Dam And Johannes J.L. Smolenaars

Quintilian And The Perception Of The System Of Poetic Genres In The Flavian Age / Mario Citroni

The Recusatio In Flavian Poetry / Ruurd R. Nauta

Luxury And Love: The Encomium As Aestheticisation Of Power In Flavian Poetry / Gianpiero Rosati

The Female Gaze In Flavian Epic: Looking Out From The Walls In Valerius Flaccus And Statius / Helen Lovatt

Sailing And Sea-Storm In Valerius Flaccus (Argonautica 1.574–642): The Rhetoric Of Inundation / Andrew Zissos

Silius Italicus And The Roman Sublime / Piet H. Schrijvers

Rome Then And Now: Linking The Saguntum And Cannae Episodes In Silius Italicus’ Punica / William J. Dominik

Queen Dirce And The Spartoi: Wandering Through Statius’ Theban Past And The Thebaid’s Early Printed Editions / Valéry Berlincourt

The Perils Of Prophecy: Statius’ Amphiaraus And His Literary Antecedents / Elaine Fantham

The Silvae And Epic / Bruce Gibson

Multiple Imitation Of Epic Models In The Silvae / Harm-Jan Van Dam

Statius’ Ovidian Poetics And The Tree Of Atedius Melior (Silvae 2.3) / Philip Hardie

Ideology And Poetics Along The Via Domitiana: Statius Silvae 4.3 / Johannes J.L. Smolenaars

Satirical Elements In Statius’ Silvae: A Literary And Sociological Approach / Gabriel Laguna Mariscal

Identity And Irony. Martial’s Tenth Book, Horace, And The Tradition Of Roman Satire / Elena Merli

The Unity Of Martial’s Epigrams / Lindsay C. Watson

Contextualising Martial’s Metres / Patricia Watson

Invaluable Collections: The Illusion Of Poetic Presence In Martial’s Xenia And Apophoreta / Sarah Culpepper Stroup

Martial And The Writer Canius Rufus / Sven Lorenz

Identified Quotations And Literary Models: The Example Of Martial 2.41 / Craig Williams

Martial’s Modes Of Mourning. Sepulchral Epitaphs In The Epigrams / Christer Henriksén

Bibliography / Ruurd R. Nauta , Harm-Jan Van Dam And Johannes J.L. Smolenaars

Index Of Passages Discussed / Ruurd R. Nauta , Harm-Jan Van Dam And Johannes J.L. Smolenaars

General Index / Ruurd R. Nauta , Harm-Jan Van Dam And Johannes J.L. Smolenaars.

Notes:

International conference proceedings, August 2003, University of Groningen.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-474-1771-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047417712 DOI