The Poet Lucan by Mark P O Morford

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The Poet Lucan by Mark P O Morford

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Teil der Bristol Classical Paperbacks-Serie

Zusammenfassung

This work considers the rules of ancient rhetoric as learned by Lucan and applied in his epic. Four themes common to poetry and to the declamatory schools (tyranny, storms, the occult and dreams) are closely analyzed in relation to the poem, and the poem is set in the context of the Neronian age.

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The Poet Lucan by Mark P O Morford

Lucan's epic on the Civil War has dodged in and out of fashion. Widely admired in the 17th and 18th centuries, it came in the 19th and 20th to be criticised by comparison with Virgil's Aeneid. The latter was established as the standard by which all other epic poets fail. Lucan's besetting "fault" was seen as his reliance on rhetoric. This work sets out to consider the rules of ancient rhetoric as learned by Lucan and applied in his epic. Four themes commmon to poetry and to the declamatory schools (tyranny, storms, the occult and dreams) are closely analyzed in relation to the poem, and the poem is itself set in the context of the Neronian age.

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SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781853994883
ISBN 10 185399488X
Titel The Poet Lucan
Autor Mark P O Morford
Serie Bristol Classical Paperbacks
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr 1998-01-01
Seitenanzahl 108
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