Statius and the Thebaid
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A critical study of Statius' Thebaid, Dr Vessey combats the common notion that the Thebaid is simply an exercise in anachronism, an episodic narrative of the Theban saga. He shows that the poem can and indeed must be read as an elaborate and sustained allegory of the emotions - a study in the extremes of human behaviour. Within this interpretation those features of the epic which have seemed bizarre or superfluous to many critics fall into place as...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521147514
ISBN13:9780521147514
Release Date:June 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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