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    Anatomizing Civil War

    External Review of Whole Manuscript

    Studies in Lucan's Epic Technique

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    Author(s)
    Dinter, Martin T.
    Collection
    Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
    Number
    100884
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    Imperial Latin epic has seen a renaissance of scholarly interest. This book illuminates the work of the poet Lucan, a contemporary of the emperor Nero who as nephew of the imperial adviser Seneca moved in the upper echelons of Neronian society. This young and maverick poet, whom Nero commanded to commit suicide at the age of 26, left an epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey that epitomizes the exuberance and stylistic experimentation of Neronian culture. This study focuses on Lucan's epic technique and traces his influence through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Martin T. Dinter's newest volume engages with Lucan's use of body imagery, sententiae, Fama (rumor), and open-endedness throughout his civil war epic. Although Lucan's Bellum Civile is frequently decried as a fragmented as well as fragmentary epic, this study demonstrates how Lucan uses devices other than teleology and cohesive narrative structure to bind together the many parts of his epic body.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30247
    Keywords
    Classics; Anno Domini; Julius Caesar; Lucan; Ovid; Pharsalia; Pompey; Rome; Sententia
    DOI
    10.3998/mpub.4586464
    ISBN
    9780472028719
    OCN
    1038403430
    Publisher
    University of Michigan Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.press.umich.edu/
    Publication date and place
    Ann Arbor, 2013-01-30
    Grantor
    • Knowledge Unlatched - 100884 - KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Anno Domini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini; Julius Caesar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar; Lucan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucan; Ovid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid; Pharsalia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharsalia; Pompey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey; Rome - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome; Sententia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sententia
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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