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100	1		_aDinter, Martin T.
245	1	0	_aAnatomizing Civil War _h[electronic resource] : _bstudies in Lucan's epic technique / _cMartin Dinter.
260			_aAnn Arbor : _bUniversity of Michigan Press, _c2012.
300			_aviii, 186 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a" Imperial Latin epic has seen a renaissance of scholarly interest. This book illuminates the work of the poet Lucan, a contemporary of the emperor Nero. This maverick but socially prominent poet, whom Nero commanded to commit suicide at the age of 26, left an epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey that epitomizes the exuberance and stylistic experimentation of Neronian culture. This study focuses on Lucan's epic technique and traces his influence through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Martin Dinter's newest volume engages with Lucan's use of body imagery, sententiae, Fama (rumor), and open-endedness throughout his civil war epic. Although Lucan's Bellum Civile is frequently decried as a fragmented as well as fragmentary epic, this study demonstrates how Lucan uses devices other than teleology and cohesive narrative structure to bind together the many parts of his epic body. Anatomizing Civil War places at center stage characteristics of Lucan's work that have so far been interpreted as excessive, or as symptoms of an overly rhetorical culture indicating a lack of substance. By demonstrating that they all contribute to Lucan's poetic technique, Martin Dinter shows how they play a fundamental role in shaping and connecting the many episodes of the Bellum Civile that constitute Lucan's epic body. This important volume will be of interest to students of classics and comparative literature as well as literary scholars. All Greek and Latin passages have been translated"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600	0	0	_aLucan, _d39-65. _tPharsalia.
600	0	0	_aLucan, _d39-65 _xTechnique.
650		0	_aEpic poetry, Latin _xHistory and criticism.
651		0	_aRome _xHistory _yCivil War, 49-45 B.C. _xLiterature and the war.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
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856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10658496 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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