In the Image of the Ancestors : Narratives of Kinship in Flavian Epic /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernstein, Neil W., 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, > active 1st century.
Statius, P. Papinius > (Publius Papinius)
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.
Stace.
Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, > 1er siecle.
Kinship in literature.
Families in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Familles dans la litterature.
Parente dans la litterature.
Poesie epique latine > Histoire et critique.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Histoire > 69-96 (Flaviens)
Rome > History > Flavians, 69-96.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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