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Poetry and Civil War in Lucan's Bellum Civile

Poetry and Civil War in Lucan's Bellum Civile

Masters, Jamie
Jamie, Masters

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

General ReferenceAncient History GeneralFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0521041724
ISBN13: 9780521041720
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 10 2007
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book is a major literary reevaluation of Lucan's epic poem, the Bellum Civile (The Civil War). Its main purpose is to bring out the implications of one basic premise: this poem is not only about civil war, but uses the metaphor of civil war (i.e. self-destruction and internal discord) as the basis for the way it tells its story. Aimed primarily at classicists, the book offers a provocative new interpretation of most of the important issues in the poem, while attempting to avoid the glibness of generalization by concentrating on detailed readings of selected parts of the text.

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