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Author:
McClellan, Andrew M., 1984- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019010470
Title:
Abused bodies in Roman epic / Andrew M. McClellan.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xi, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Dead in literature.
Mutilation in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Dead in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Mutilation in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-295) and indexes.
Contents:
Setting the stage: corpse abuse in Homer and Virgil -- Decapitation in Lucan, Statius, and Silius Italicus -- Unburied past: Lucan's Bellum ciuile -- Argonautic abuses: Valerius Flaccus' (and Apollonius') Argonautica -- Funeral 'rights': Statius' Thebaid -- Grave encounters: Silius Italicus' Punica -- Epilogue: a post mortem.
ISBN:
1108482627
9781108482622
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1083269568
LCCN:
2019002790
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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