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Author Putnam, Michael

Title The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (246 p.)
Contents Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Stream and Two Villas (Statius' Silvae 1.3) -- The Poem's Opening -- Landscape and Synaesthesia -- Artifacts and Wealth -- The Owner -- 2. The Garden of Atedius Melior: A Change for the Better (Statius' Silvae 2.3) -- The Poem's Opening -- Pan, Pholoe, and the Plane Tree -- Atedius Melior -- 3. A Labour of Love (Statius' Silvae 3.1) -- The Poem's Opening and Hercules -- The Temple of Hercules -- Hercules' Epiphany -- 4. Atedius Melior's Parrot (Statius' Silvae 2.4)
The Opening of the Poem -- The Parrot's Death -- The Parrot's Cage -- Birds in Mourning -- The Parrot and Caesar -- The Poem's Conclusion -- 5. Domitian's Banquet (Statius' Silvae 4.2) -- The Poem's Opening -- The Space -- The Host -- The Poem's Conclusion -- 6. Reading Travel (Statius' Silvae 3.2) -- The Poem's Opening -- The Departure -- Isis -- The Poem's Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index Locorum
Summary In the essays of this volume, Michael Putnam shows how seriously Statius pays homage to his canonical predecessor, Virgil, how thoroughly he interprets the complexities of Virgilian poetry, and how he often, by placing a Virgilian reference in a different social and cultural context, boldly turns Virgil to new and more positive purposes
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Silvae -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius) fast
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Augoustakis, Antony
Newlands, Carole
ISBN 0192695991
9780192695994