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Inconsistency in Roman epic : studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan /
How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be emended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Roman literature and its contexts.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be emended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 165 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-158) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511296352 0511296355 0511295588 9780511295584 9780511618567 0511618565 1107157765 9781107157767 1280959509 9781280959509 9786610959501 6610959501 0511556209 9780511556203 0511294794 9780511294792 |