Visualizing the poetry of Statius

Visualizing the poetry of Statius: an intertextual approach

by Chinn, Christopher M.

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"Scholars have long noted the strikingly visual aspects of Statius' poetry. This book advances our understanding of how these visual aspects work through intertextual analysis. In the Thebaid, for instance, Statius repeatedly presents "visual narratives" in the form of linked descriptive (or ekphrastic) passages. These narratives are subject to multiple forms visual interpretation inflected by the intertextual background. Similarly, the Achilleid activates particularly Roman conceptions of masc…

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  • Full title :Visualizing the poetry of Statius : an intertextual approach / by Christopher Chinn.

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"Scholars have long noted the strikingly visual aspects of Statius' poetry. This book advances our understanding of how these visual aspects work through intertextual analysis. In the Thebaid, for instance, Statius repeatedly presents "visual narratives" in the form of linked descriptive (or ekphrastic) passages. These narratives are subject to multiple forms visual interpretation inflected by the intertextual background. Similarly, the Achilleid activates particularly Roman conceptions of masculinity through repeated evocations of Achilles' blush. The Silvae offer a diversity of modes of viewing that evoke Roman conceptions of gender and class"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Leiden
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2022

The Physical Object

  • Description:ix, 348 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004498853, 9004498850
  • oclc:on1287084927
  • LC Classification:PA6698
  • Dewey Decimal:871/.01

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc ekphrasis Statius, P. Papinius, (Publius Papinius)

Writers

Chinn, Christopher M.

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