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Author:
Paleit, Edward, author.
Title:
War, liberty, and Caesar : responses to Lucan's Bellum ciuile, ca. 1580-1650 / Edward Paleit.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
viii, 338 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Lucan,--39-65--History--History--16th century.
Lucan,--39-65--History--History--17th century.
Lucan,--39-65.--Pharsalia.
Lucan,--39-65--Influence.
English literature--Classical influences.
Classicism in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.
Summary:
In 'War, Liberty, and Caesar', Edward Paleit discusses how readers and writers of the English Renaissance read and understood Lucan's epic poem on the Roman civil wars. Looking at engagements with Lucan across a wide variety of literary forms, Paleit questions what made this Latin author so relevant during this period.
Series:
Classical presences
ISBN:
0199602980 (hardback)
9780199602988 (hardback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)845283066
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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