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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aJohnson, W. R.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aMomentary Monsters :
_bLucan and His Heroes /
_cW. R. Johnson.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _a1 online resource (158 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aCornell Studies in Classical Philology ;
_v47
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_t1. Erictho and Her Universe --
_t2. Cato: The Delusions of Virtue --
_t3. Pompey: The Illusions of History --
_t4. Caesar: The Phantasmagoria of Power --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThis book is a lively and provocative reading of the Roman poet Lucan (A.D. 39-65) which casts new light on the Pharsalia, his epic poem and only surviving work. The distinguished classicist W. R. Johnson demonstrates both the need to understand Lucan's epic on its own terms and the injustice of dismissing it as an inferior version of the Aeneid.Johnson looks closely at Lucan's treatment of the central figures of the epic, focusing on Lucan's sardonic style and fascination with horror. He concentrates on four larger-than-life figures-Erichtho, Cato, Pompey, and Caesar-whom he regards as central to Lucan's vision of the fall of the Republic; through them, he addresses the poem's themes and techniques. Placing special emphasis on the black farce characteristic of the poem, Johnson also deals with the grotesque aspects (for example, the snakes and the witch) that other critics have tended to ignore or to underplay as mere rhetoric.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aEpic poetry, Latin
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aHeroes in literature.
650 4 _aAncient History & Classical Studies.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466878
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801466878
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