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Inconsistency in Roman Epic: Studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan
James J. O´hara
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Description for Inconsistency in Roman Epic: Studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan
hardcover. Explores the possibility of providing literary interpretations of inconsistencies in five Roman epics. Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 304.
How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be amended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic. After a chapter surveying Greek background material including Homer, tragedy, Plato and the Alexandrians, five chapters argue that comparative study of the literary use of inconsistencies can shed light on major problems in Catullus' Peleus and Thetis, Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, Vergil's Aeneid, ... Read more
How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be amended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic. After a chapter surveying Greek background material including Homer, tragedy, Plato and the Alexandrians, five chapters argue that comparative study of the literary use of inconsistencies can shed light on major problems in Catullus' Peleus and Thetis, Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, Vergil's Aeneid, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Series
Roman Literature and Its Contexts
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521641395
SKU
V9780521641395
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About James J. O´hara
James J. O'Hara is George L. Paddison Professor of Latin at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid (1990) and True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay (1996), as well as numerous articles and reviews on Latin literature.
Reviews for Inconsistency in Roman Epic: Studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan
"The argument is lucid and profitable. Any student of the Classics could learn a lot by following the author's concise examination of many of the major interpretative problems in Roman epic poetry." James J. O'Hara, New England Classical Journal "O'Hara's study is aimed at any reader, expert or not, interested in using literary theory to shed ... Read more