Research Catalog

Title

Flavian Epic / edited by Antony Augoustakis.

Publication

• Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

Augoustakis, Antony

Description

xii, 538 pages; 23 cm

Summary

The epics of the three Flavian poets-Silius Italicus, Statius, and Valerius Flaccus-have, in recent times, attracted the attention of scholars, who have re-evaluated the particular merits of Flavian poetry as far more than imitation of the traditional norms and patterns. Drawn from sixty years of scholarship, this edited collection is the first volume to collate the most influential modern academic writings on Flavian epic poetry, revised and updated to provide both scholars and students alike with a broad yet comprehensive overview of the field. A wide range of topics receive coverage, and analysis and interpretation of individual poems are integrated throughout. The plurality of the critical voices included in the volume presents a much-needed variety of approaches, which are used to tackle questions of intertextuality, gender, poetics, and the social and political context of the period. In doing so, the volume demonstrates that by engaging in a complex and challenging intertextual dialogue with their literary predecessors, the innovative epics of the Flavian poets respond to contemporary needs, expressing overt praise, or covert anxiety, towards imperial rule and the empire.

Series Statement

Oxford readings in classical studies

Uniform Title

Oxford readings in classical studies.

Subject

• Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, active 1st century > Criticism and interpretation
• Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius > Criticism and interpretation
• Statius, P. Papinius > Criticism and interpretation
• Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 16-4267

ISBN

• 9780199650668
• 0199650667

OCLC

954058681

Title

Flavian Epic / edited by Antony Augoustakis.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford readings in classical studies

Oxford readings in classical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Augoustakis, Antony, editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 16-4267