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The Cambridge Companion to the Epic - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Cambridge Companion to the Epic - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has produced epic poems. Epic poetry has always had a profound influence on other literary genres, including its own parody in the form of mock-epic. This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott''s postcolonial Omeros. The list of epic poets analysed here includes some of the greatest writers in literary history in Europe and beyond: Homer, Virgil, Dante, Camões, Spenser, Milton, Wordsworth, Keats and Pound, among others. Each essay, by an expert in the field, pays close attention to the way these writers have intimately influenced one another to form a distinctive and cross-cultural literary tradition. Unique in its coverage of the vast scope of that tradition, this book is an essential companion for students of literature of all kinds and in all ages.

DKK 297.00
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Relative Chronology in Early Greek Epic Poetry - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Relative Chronology in Early Greek Epic Poetry - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book sets out to disentangle the complex chronology of early Greek epic poetry, which includes Homer, Hesiod, hymns and catalogues. The preserved corpus of these texts is characterized by a rather uniform language and many recurring themes, thus making the establishment of chronological priorities a difficult task. The editors have brought together scholars working on these texts from both a linguistic and a literary perspective to address the problem. Some contributions offer statistical analysis of the linguistic material or linguistic analysis of subgenres within epic, others use a neoanalytical approach to the history of epic themes or otherwise seek to track the development and interrelationship of epic contents. All the contributors focus on the implications of their study for the dating of early epic poems relative to each other. Thus the book offers an overview of the current state of discussion.

DKK 590.00
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Statius and Epic Games - Helen Lovatt - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Statius and Epic Games - Helen Lovatt - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius'' Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a new reading of the poem as a whole. It explores each event in Statius'' games, discussing intertextual manoeuvres, historical context and poetic positioning, developing a theme from each: audience power, cosmic disruption, national identity, masculinity and the body, games and war, kingship and narrative control. This book uses a close reading of one part of one text to range over ancient literature. It casts light on the tradition of games in ancient epic as a whole, examining the works of Homer, Virgil, Apollonius, Ovid and Lucan. It is essential reading for the student of Statius and of ancient epic and of interest to historians of Roman society with an interest in sport and spectacle.

DKK 858.00
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Abused Bodies in Roman Epic - Andrew M. (san Diego State University) Mcclellan - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Abused Bodies in Roman Epic - Andrew M. (san Diego State University) Mcclellan - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Greco-Roman martial epic poetry, from Homer and Virgil to Neronian and Flavian epic, is obsessed with the treatment of dead bodies. Sometimes corpses take centre-stage in grand funerals; sometimes, disturbingly, they are objects of physical violence or malign neglect. In this book - the first full-length examination of corpse mistreatment in epic - Andrew M. McClellan explores the motif of post mortem abuse in Greco-Roman epic, especially the Latin poems of early imperial Rome: Lucan''s Bellum ciuile, Valerius Flaccus'' Argonautica, Statius'' Thebaid, and Silius'' Punica. He counters the pervasive tendency to view epic violence from the perspective of the abuser by shifting the focus to the object of abuse. In signalling the corpse as a critical ''character'' and not simply a by-product of war, he offers a fundamental re-evaluation of violence and warfare in Latin epic, and through close study of intertextualities indicates the distinctive features of each author''s treatment of the dead.

DKK 858.00
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The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic - Emma Greensmith - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic - Emma Greensmith - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus'' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at the height of the Roman Empire. In Emma Greensmith''s ground-breaking analysis, Quintus emerges as a key poet in the history of epic and of Homeric reception. Writing as if he is Homer himself, and occupying the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey, Quintus constructs a new ''poetics of the interval''. At all levels, from its philology to its plotting, the Posthomerica manipulates the language of affiliation, succession and repetition not just to articulate its own position within the inherited epic tradition but also to contribute to the literary and identity politics of imperial society. This book changes how we understand the role of epic and Homer in Greco-Roman culture - and completely re-evaluates Quintus'' status as a poet.

DKK 401.00
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Dionysius: The Epic Fragments: Volume 56 - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Dionysius: The Epic Fragments: Volume 56 - - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

The epic poet Dionysius, who probably flourished in the first century CE, is a key transitional figure in the history of Greek poetry, sharing stylistic and thematic tendencies with both the learned Hellenistic tradition and the monumental epic poetry of the later Roman period. His Bassarica is the earliest known poem on the conquest of India by the god Dionysus and was an important model of Nonnus'' Dionysiaca. His Gigantias related the battle of the giants against the Olympian gods and legends surrounding it, with particular focus on the figure of Heracles. This is the most comprehensive edition to date of his poetry, expanding the number of fragments available and providing a more reliable text based on a fresh inspection of the papyri. The volume includes a substantial introduction contextualising the poetry, a facing English translation of the text, and a detailed linguistic and literary commentary.

DKK 423.00
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