| Valerii Flacci Argonautica I Reprint 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Galli, Daniela (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110194813 ISBN-13: 9783110194814 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Italian Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 870 |
| LCCN: 2008351711 |
| Series: Beitrage Zur Altertumskunde |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.44" W x 9.07" (1.62 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent years have witnessed a marked increase in scholarly interest in Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica. Numerous analyses, discussions and commentaries on the poetical art of this "difficult" epic have appeared. This volume provides a philological commentary on the first book of the Argonautica. Special attention is paid to the sources upon which Valerius drew, and a comparison made with earlier literary tradition (in particular with the first book of Vergil's Aeneid, but also with Seneca's tragedies). In addition, the language, style and compositional techniques which were peculiar to epic during the Flavian period are studied. |