Animal Encounters in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica /

This first in-depth study of Valerius Flaccus' animals reveals their role in his poetic programme and the manifold ways in which he establishes their subjectivity. In one encounter, a trapped bird becomes a tragic victim, while the trapper is dehumanized. Elsewhere there are touching portrayals...

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Main Author: Mackay, Anne Elyse Tuttle (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 460.

Subjects:

Latin literature.

Literature > Study and teaching.

Literature > Minority authors > Study and teaching.

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