Petronius the poet : verse and literary tradition in the Satyricon /
The ancient novel, previously relegated to the margins of literary study, has recently taken its place at centre stage. Petronius' Satyricon, the oldest surviving work of prose fiction, is in many respects an arrestingly modern ancient novel but the inclusion within it of thirty short poems and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
New York : Cambridge University Press,
1998.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Verse and genre in Petronian criticism
- 1. Refashioning the epic past. The wrath of Priapus. The Sibyl and the labyrinth. ' ... sic notus Ulixes?': recognitions of Odysseus. Reflections of Circe. Oenothea. The parrot and the swan
- 2. In the frame: context and continuity in the short poems. Trimalchio's poetic performances. Eumolpus' minor verse. Encolpius poeta. fortuna, naufragium, arbitrium
- 3. Troy retaken: repetition and re-enactment in the Troiae Halosis. Troy destroyed. Troy translated
- 4. The Bellum Civile. Epic and novel. Global perspectives. Consuming the world. Weighty problems. Divine machinery. Phlegraean stories. Itineraries. Boundaries. Shipwreck.