Carole E. Newlands

Statius' Silvae and the Poetics of Empire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Study of the poems, exploring their insights into the culture of the Flavian period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 746g
• ISBN-13: 9780521808910
• ISBN-10: 052180891X
• Artikelnr.: 26965578

Autorenporträt

Carole Newlands is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has published Playing with Time: Ovid and the Fasti (1995).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Embodying the statue: Silvae 1.1 and 4.6
3. Engendering the house: Silvae 1.2 and 3.4
4. Imperial pastoral: Vopiscus' villa in Silvae 1.3
5. Dominating nature: Pollio's villa in Silvae 2.2
6. Reading the Thebaid: Silvae 1.5
7. The Emperor's Saturnalia: Silvae 1.6
8. Dining with the emperor: Silvae 4.2
9. Building the imperial highway: Silvae 4.3.