The challenge of epic : : allusive engagement in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus / / Robert Shorrock.
Nonnus once vied with Homer for popularity; today his Dionysiaca languishes in obscurity. The Challenge of Epic offers a literary critical rehabilitation of Nonnus' fifth-century AD poem. It argues that modern neglect stems from a failure to appreciate the central position of allusion in late-a...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 210 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [2001] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
210. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) |
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