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Brill's Companion to Valerius Flaccus : Brill's Companion to Valerius Flaccus.

By: Heerink, MarkContributor(s): Manuwald, GesineSeries: Brill's Companions in Classical StudiesPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (452 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004278653Subject(s): Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, -- active 1st century -- Criticism and interpretation.;Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, -- active 1st century. -- ArgonauticaGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brill's Companion to Valerius Flaccus : Brill's Companion to Valerius FlaccusDDC classification: 873/.01 LOC classification: PA6791 .V5 B75 2014Online resources: Click to View
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Text, Language and Poetic Techniques -- Chapter 2 Utere bono tuo feliciter: The Textual Transmission аnd Manuscript History оf Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 3 Poet and Readers: Reflections on the Verbal and Narrative Art of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 4 Authorial Poetics in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 5 Valerius Flaccus, Virgil and the Poetics of Ekphrasis -- Part 2 Themes and Contexts -- Chapter 6 Myth and Mythopoesis in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 7 War and Love in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 8 Philosophical Ideas in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 9 Romanas veluti saevissima cum legiones Tisiphone regesque movet: Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica and the Flavian Era -- Part 3 Characters -- Chapter 10 A Hero with a Sandal and a Buskin: The Figure of Jason in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 11 Medea: From Epic to Tragedy -- Chapter 12 Teamwork, Leadership and Group Dynamics in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 13 My Family and Other Enemies: Argonautic Antagonists and Valerian Villains -- Part 4 Latin Intertexts -- Chapter 14 Virgilian Prophecy and the Reign of Jupiter in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 15 Ovid and Valerius Flaccus -- Chapter 16 Lucan and Valerius Flaccus: Rerouting the Vessel of Epic Song -- Chapter 17 Valerius Flaccus and Seneca's Tragedies -- Chapter 18 The Epics of Statius and Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 19 Valerius Flaccus in Silius Italicus -- Part 5 Reception -- Chapter 20 Interpres operis alieni? Giovan Battista Pio's Continuation of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Bibliography -- Abstracts of Chapters -- Index of Passages -- General Index.
Summary: Brill's Companion to Valerius Flaccus is the first English-language survey on all key aspects of this Flavian poet. A team of international specialists offers both an account of the state of the art and new insights.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Text, Language and Poetic Techniques -- Chapter 2 Utere bono tuo feliciter: The Textual Transmission аnd Manuscript History оf Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 3 Poet and Readers: Reflections on the Verbal and Narrative Art of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 4 Authorial Poetics in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 5 Valerius Flaccus, Virgil and the Poetics of Ekphrasis -- Part 2 Themes and Contexts -- Chapter 6 Myth and Mythopoesis in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 7 War and Love in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 8 Philosophical Ideas in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 9 Romanas veluti saevissima cum legiones Tisiphone regesque movet: Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica and the Flavian Era -- Part 3 Characters -- Chapter 10 A Hero with a Sandal and a Buskin: The Figure of Jason in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 11 Medea: From Epic to Tragedy -- Chapter 12 Teamwork, Leadership and Group Dynamics in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 13 My Family and Other Enemies: Argonautic Antagonists and Valerian Villains -- Part 4 Latin Intertexts -- Chapter 14 Virgilian Prophecy and the Reign of Jupiter in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 15 Ovid and Valerius Flaccus -- Chapter 16 Lucan and Valerius Flaccus: Rerouting the Vessel of Epic Song -- Chapter 17 Valerius Flaccus and Seneca's Tragedies -- Chapter 18 The Epics of Statius and Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Chapter 19 Valerius Flaccus in Silius Italicus -- Part 5 Reception -- Chapter 20 Interpres operis alieni? Giovan Battista Pio's Continuation of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- Bibliography -- Abstracts of Chapters -- Index of Passages -- General Index.

Brill's Companion to Valerius Flaccus is the first English-language survey on all key aspects of this Flavian poet. A team of international specialists offers both an account of the state of the art and new insights.

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