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In the image of the ancestors : narratives of kinship in Flavian epic /

Neil W. Bernstein argues that four Roman epic poems contain depictions of kinship that are significantly different from earlier epic and examines these representations in the context of the social, political, and aesthetic changes of the early Imperial period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernstein, Neil W., 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Colección:Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 48.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Kinship as narrative
  • 2. Valerius' Argonautica : kinship and power
  • 3. Statius' Thebaid
  • 4. Statius' Achilleid : nature and nurture
  • 5. Silius' Punica : kinship and the state
  • 6. From family to nation : descent and ethnicity in Flavian epic
  • 7. The poetics of kinship.