Inconsistency in Roman Epic: Studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan

(Part of the Roman Literature and its Contexts Series)

by James J. O'Hara

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How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be amended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic. After a chapter surveying Greek background material including Homer, tragedy, Plato and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521646421

ISBN13:9780521646420

Release Date:May 2007

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:180 Pages

Weight:0.49 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 7.8"

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History Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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