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Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War McNelis, Charles (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War
McNelis, Charles (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
This highly original study argues that Statius' epic Thebaid reflects the theme of internal discord in its narrative strategies. The Homeric and Virgilian epic traditions compete with Hellenistic poetic ideals to produce a tension between the impulse towards the generic expectations of warfare and the deferral of such conflict.
216 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 19, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521123617 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 15 mm · 322 g |
| Language | English |