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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Hara, James J., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Colección:Roman literature and its contexts.
Temas:
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Inconsistency (Logic)
Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique.
Inconsistance (Logique)
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Epik
Inkonsistenz
Latein.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Greek versions
  • Catullus 64 : variants and the virtues of heroes
  • Death, inconsistency, and the Epicurean poet
  • Voices, variants, and inconsistency in the Aeneid
  • Inconsistency and authority in Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Postscript : Lucan's Bellum Civile and the inconsistent Roman epic.

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