Latin historiography and poetry in the early empire : generic interactions / / edited by John F. Miller and A.J. Woodman.
This book, a sequel to Clio and the Poets (Brill 2002), takes as its point of departure Quintilian's statement that 'historiography is very close to the poets': it examines not only how verse interfaces with historical texts but also how first-century AD Roman historians engage with i...
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Superior document: | Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, 321 |
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
321. Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / J. Miller and A. Woodman
- Introduction / John F. Miller and A.J. Woodman
- Chapter One. Crowds And Leaders In Imperial Historiography And In Epic / Philip Hardie
- Chapter Two. Causation In Post-Augustan Epic / Bruce Gibson
- Chapter Three. Too Close? Historian And Poet In The Apocolocyntosis / Cynthia Damon
- Chapter Four. Cannibalising History: Livian Moments In Statius’ Thebaid / Helen Lovatt
- Chapter Five. Replacing History: Inaugurating The New Year In Statius, Silvae 4.1 / Jean-Michel Hulls
- Chapter Six. The Eruption Of Vesuvius In The Epistles Of Statius And Pliny / Carole Newlands
- Chapter Seven. From Sallust To Silius Italicus: Metus Hostilis And The Fall Of Rome In The Punica / John Jacobs
- Chapter Eight. Rhoxolani Blues (Tacitus, Histories 1.79): Virgil’s Scythian Ethnography Revisited / Rhiannon Ash
- Chapter Nine. AC RURSUS Nova Laborum Facies: Tacitus’ Repetition Of Virgil’s Wars At Histories 3.26–34 / Timothy A. Joseph
- Chapter Ten. Amicus Caesaris: Vibius Crispus In The Works Of Juvenal And Tacitus / Kathryn Williams
- Chapter Eleven. The Unfortunate Marriage Of Gaius Silius: Tacitus And Juvenal On The Fall Of Messalina / Christopher Nappa
- Chapter Twelve. The Figure Of Seneca In Tacitus And The Octavia / Matthew Taylor
- Bibliography / J. Miller and A. Woodman
- Index Locorum / J. Miller and A. Woodman
- General Index / J. Miller and A. Woodman.