Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition

Released on by Catherine Ware
preview-18

  • Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition Book Detail

  • Author : Catherine Ware
  • Release Date : 2012-05-24
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 277
  • ISBN 13 : 1107013437
  • File Size : 6,6 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition by Catherine Ware PDF Summary

Book Description: The historical importance of Claudian as writer of panegyric and propaganda for the court of Honorius is well established but his poetry has been comparatively neglected: only recently has his work been the subject of modern literary criticism. Taking as its starting point Claudian's claim to be the heir to Virgil, this book examines his poetry as part of the Roman epic tradition. Discussing first what we understand by epic and its relevance for late antiquity, Catherine Ware argues that, like Virgil and later Roman epic poets, Claudian analyses his contemporary world in terms of classical epic. Engaging intertextually with his literary predecessors, Claudian updates concepts such as furor and concordia, redefining Romanitas to exclude the increasingly hostile east, depicting enemies of the west as new Giants and showing how the government of Honorius and his chief minister, Stilicho, have brought about a true golden age for the west.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition

Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition

File Size : 24,24 MB
Total View : 6014 Views
DOWNLOAD

The historical importance of Claudian as writer of panegyric and propaganda for the court of Honorius is well established but his poetry has been comparatively

Roman Epic

Roman Epic

File Size : 64,64 MB
Total View : 7796 Views
DOWNLOAD

The author's approach to Roman epic is interpretative; the reader is invited to study a choice of typical texts, from the beginnings to the end of Antiquity. Fa

Roman Epic

Roman Epic

File Size : 76,76 MB
Total View : 1361 Views
DOWNLOAD

Roman epic is both index and critique of the foundational culture of the western world. It is one of Europe's most persistent and determinant poetic modes. In t

Roman Epic

Roman Epic

File Size : 2,2 MB
Total View : 9021 Views
DOWNLOAD

Distinguished Latinists examine the formation and evolution of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BC to the high Italian Renaissance.