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Author Dinter, Martin T., author.

Title Anatomizing Civil War : studies in Lucan's epic technique / Martin T. Dinter.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2012]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 186 pages)
Summary "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. This maverick but socially prominent 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 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. Anatomizing Civil War places at center stage characteristics of Lucan's work that have so far been interpreted as excessive, or as symptoms of an overly rhetorical culture indicating a lack of substance. By demonstrating that they all contribute to Lucan's poetic technique, Martin Dinter shows how they play a fundamental role in shaping and connecting the many episodes of the Bellum Civile that constitute Lucan's epic body. This important volume will be of interest to students of classics and comparative literature as well as literary scholars. All Greek and Latin passages have been translated"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Introduction -- Aide-Mémoire: the plot of Lucan's Bellum Civile -- 1. Lucan's epic body: anatomizing Civil War -- 2. Embodiments: Lucan and Fama -- 3. Autarchic limbs: Sententiae in Lucan -- 4. The anatomy of repetition -- Bibliography -- ndex Locorum -- General Index.
Subject Lucan, 39-65. Pharsalia.
Lucan, 39-65 -- Technique.
Lucan, 39-65. (OCoLC)fst00040568
Civil War (Rome : 49-45 B.C.) (OCoLC)fst01352314
Pharsalia (Lucan) (OCoLC)fst01356201
Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. -- Literature and the war.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
HISTORY -- General.
Epic poetry, Latin. (OCoLC)fst00913954
Technique. (OCoLC)fst01355129
War and literature. (OCoLC)fst01170442
Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
Chronological Term 49-45 B.C
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Dinter, Martin T. Anatomizing Civil War 9780472118502 (DLC) 2012042614 (OCoLC)793221897
ISBN 0472028715 (electronic bk.)
9780472028719 (electronic bk.)
9781299159860
1299159869
9780472118502 (hardback)
0472118501 (hardback)
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