The challenge of epic : allusive engagement in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus /

The challenge of epic : allusive engagement in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus /

Nonnus once vied with Homer for popularity; today his Dionysiaca languishes in obscurity. The Challenge of Epic offers a literary critical rehabilitation of Nonnus' fifth-century AD poem. It argues that modern neglect stems from a failure to appreciate the central position of allusion in late-a...

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Main Author: Shorrock, Robert.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 210.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Nonnus, > of Panopolis. > Dionysiaca.
Dionysus > (Greek deity) > In literature.
Dionysus > (Greek deity)
Dionysiaca (Nonnus, of Panopolis)
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek.
Intertextuality.
Allusions in literature.
Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA4251.A33 S46 2001

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE CHALLENGE OF EPIC
  • THE CYCLE OF DIONYSUS
  • THE POET OF DIONYSUS
  • THE DIONYSIAC EXPERIENCE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE.