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Ennius and the architecture of the Annales /
"The book explores the genesis, in the ancient sources for Ennius' epic and in modern scholarship, of the accounts of the Annales with which we operate today. A series of appendixes detail each source's contribution to our record of the poem, and are used to consider how the interests...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The book explores the genesis, in the ancient sources for Ennius' epic and in modern scholarship, of the accounts of the Annales with which we operate today. A series of appendixes detail each source's contribution to our record of the poem, and are used to consider how the interests and working methods of the principal sources shape the modern view of the powm and to re-examine the limits imposed and the possibilities offered by this ancient evidence. Dr. Elliott challenges standard views of the poem, such as its use of time and the disposition of the gods within it. She argues that the manifest impact of the Annales on the collective Roman psyche results from its innovative promotion of a vision of Rome as the primary focus of the cosmos in all its aspects"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 590 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-574) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107250239 1107250234 9781139226417 113922641X 9781107248571 1107248574 1139889427 9781139889421 1107240409 9781107240407 1107251060 9781107251069 1107249406 9781107249400 1107247748 9781107247741 |