| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Verse and genre in Petronian criticism -- 1. Refashioning the epic past. The wrath of Priapus. The Sibyl and the labyrinth. ' ... sic notus Ulixes?': recognitions of Odysseus. Reflections of Circe. Oenothea. The parrot and the swan -- 2. In the frame: context and continuity in the short poems. Trimalchio's poetic performances. Eumolpus' minor verse. Encolpius poeta. fortuna, naufragium, arbitrium -- 3. Troy retaken: repetition and re-enactment in the Troiae Halosis. Troy destroyed. Troy translated -- 4. The Bellum Civile. Epic and novel. Global perspectives. Consuming the world. Weighty problems. Divine machinery. Phlegraean stories. Itineraries. Boundaries. Shipwreck |
| Summary |
The ancient novel, previously relegated to the margins of literary study, has recently taken its place at centre stage. Petronius' Satyricon, the oldest surviving work of prose fiction, is in many respects an arrestingly modern ancient novel but the inclusion within it of thirty short poems and two long ones introduces an alien feature in need of investigation. In this study, Catherine Connors draws on developments in Latin literary criticism to take a comprehensive approach to the Satyricon's poems, reminiscences of poetic texts, and the figure of the poet, assessing the ways in which they fragment and refashion established literary forms into a new amalgam of prose fiction. This book will be of interest to students of Latin literature, Neronian culture, and the early history of the novel. All Latin and Greek is translated |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon.
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Petronius Arbiter -- Poetic works
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Petronius Arbiter fast |
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Pétrone (00.?-0066). Satiricon. ram |
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Pétrone, (00.?-0066) ram |
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Satyricon (Petronius Arbiter) fast |
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Verse satire, Latin -- History and criticism
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Criticism and interpretation
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Literature
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Verse satire, Latin
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Gedichten.
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Satyricon (Petronius)
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LITERATURA LATINA (HISTÓRIA E CRÍTICA)
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Poésie satirique latine -- Histoire et critique.
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Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
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Rome -- In literature
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Rome (Empire)
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Rome -- Dans la littérature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bibliografieën (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511585272 |
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0511585276 |
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9780511004902 |
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0511004907 |
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