Latin historiography and poetry in the early empire : generic interactions /

Latin historiography and poetry in the early empire : generic interactions /

This book, a sequel to Clio and the Poets (Brill 2002), takes as its point of departure Quintilian's statement that 'historiography is very close to the poets': it examines not only how verse interfaces with historical texts but also how first-century AD Roman historians engage with i...

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Other Authors: Miller, John F., 1950-, Woodman, A. J. 1945-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 321.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

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Historical poetry, Latin > History and criticism > Congresses.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism > Congresses.
Literature and history > Rome > Congresses.
History in literature > Congresses.
Rome > Historiography > Congresses.
Rome > In literature > Congresses.

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Call Number: PA6019 .L37 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • J. Miller and A. Woodman
  • Introduction /
  • John F. Miller and A.J. Woodman
  • Chapter One. Crowds And Leaders In Imperial Historiography And In Epic /
  • Philip Hardie
  • Chapter Two. Causation In Post-Augustan Epic /
  • Bruce Gibson
  • Chapter Three. Too Close? Historian And Poet In The Apocolocyntosis /
  • Cynthia Damon
  • Chapter Four. Cannibalising History: Livian Moments In Statius' Thebaid /
  • Helen Lovatt
  • Chapter Five. Replacing History: Inaugurating The New Year In Statius, Silvae 4.1 /
  • Jean-Michel Hulls
  • Chapter Six. The Eruption Of Vesuvius In The Epistles Of Statius And Pliny /
  • Carole Newlands
  • Chapter Seven. From Sallust To Silius Italicus: Metus Hostilis And The Fall Of Rome In The Punica /
  • John Jacobs
  • Chapter Eight. Rhoxolani Blues (Tacitus, Histories 1.79): Virgil's Scythian Ethnography Revisited /
  • Rhiannon Ash
  • Chapter Nine. AC RURSUS Nova Laborum Facies: Tacitus' Repetition Of Virgil's Wars At Histories 3.26-34 /
  • Timothy A. Joseph
  • Chapter Ten. Amicus Caesaris: Vibius Crispus In The Works Of Juvenal And Tacitus /
  • Kathryn Williams
  • Chapter Eleven. The Unfortunate Marriage Of Gaius Silius: Tacitus And Juvenal On The Fall Of Messalina /
  • Christopher Nappa
  • Chapter Twelve. The Figure Of Seneca In Tacitus And The Octavia /
  • Matthew Taylor
  • Bibliography /
  • J. Miller and A. Woodman
  • Index Locorum /
  • J. Miller and A. Woodman
  • General Index /
  • J. Miller and A. Woodman.