The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition

by Philip Hardie

Book Overview

This book is a critically sophisticated introduction to the epic tradition of the early Roman empire, specifically the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, and Silius Italicus. It explores the use that they all make of the great Augustan epic of Virgil, the Aeneid. Instead of being feeble imitations of the great classic (a common critical viewpoint), these poems are shown to be dynamic works that use the Virgilian model creatively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052142562X
• ISBN13: 9780521425629
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"