Lucan: de Bello Ciuili Book VII

ISBN-13: 9781107041707 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 292 str.

Paul Roche

Opis

Accessible and detailed guide to this crucial book within an important Latin epic, covering Lucan's style, sources, language, and context.

Spis treści

1. Book VII; 2. Battle; 3. The gods and religion; 4. Stoicism and epicureanism; 5. Pompey and Caesar; 6. Sources, models, intertexts; 7. Viewing, seeing, spectatorship; 8. States of mind: madness, hope, fear, anger, joy; 9. Paradox and hyperbole; 10. Apostrophe; 11. Sententiae; 12. Diction, word order, metre; 13. Transmission and text; 14. Manuscripts cited; M. Annaei Lvcani De Bello Civili Liber Septivs; Commentary.