UID:
almafu_9958353095402883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442688339
Content:
Neil W. Bernstein argues that four Roman epic poems contain depictions of kinship that are significantly different from earlier epic and examines these representations in the context of the social, political, and aesthetic changes of the early Imperial period.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. Kinship as Narrative --
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2. Valerius’ Argonautica: Kinship and Power --
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3. Statius’ Thebaid --
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4. Statius’ Achilleid: Nature and Nurture --
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5. Silius’ Punica: Kinship and the State --
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6. From Family to Nation: Descent and Ethnicity in Flavian Epic --
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7. The Poetics of Kinship --
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Notes --
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Works Cited --
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Index Locorum --
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General Index --
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Backmatter
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442688339
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688339
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688339
