Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic |
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Author:
| Stover, Tim |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-287091-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2023 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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This book explores the reception of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus, Statius, and Claudian. Through analysing intertextual allusions to the Argonautica in these poems and their effects, it provides new clarity to the literary history of the Flavian period (69-96 CE).
This book explores the reception of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus, Statius, and Claudian. Through analysing intertextual allusions to the Argonautica in these poems and their effects, it provides new clarity to the literary history of the Flavian period (69-96 CE).