Statius' Silvae and the Poetics of Empire |
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| Author:
| Newlands, Carole E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-15702-8 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
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Book Description:
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Although traditionally derided by critics, this study argues that Statius' Silvae offer fascinating insights into the history, politics, art and literature of the Flavian period. They celebrate and explore a flourishing literary and artistic culture which was largely suppressed after the Emperor Domitian's assassination in AD 96.
Although traditionally derided by critics, this study argues that Statius' Silvae offer fascinating insights into the history, politics, art and literature of the Flavian period. They celebrate and explore a flourishing literary and artistic culture which was largely suppressed after the Emperor Domitian's assassination in AD 96.