Epic in Republican Rome

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Oxford University Press, 1995 M03 23 - 208 páginas
This book is a major new study of the epic poetry of Republican Rome. Goldberg treats the creators of these now-fragmentary works not simply as predecessors of Vergil, but as pioneers and poets in their own right. But Goldberg goes beyond practical criticism, exploring in the literary experiments of Andronicus, Naevius, Ennius, and Cicero issues of poetry and patronage, cultural assimilation and national ideology, modeling and originality that both come to characterize Roman literature of all periods and continue to shape modern responses to that literature. What emerges from Goldberg's study is both a fresh perspective on Vergil's achievement and new insights into the cultural dynamics of second-century Rome.
 

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1 Ruins
3
2 Reconstructions
28
3 Saturnian Aesthetics
58
4 Hexameter Aesthetics
83
5 Poetry and Patronage
111
6 Ciceronian Sirens
135
7 Envoi
158
Works Cited
172
Concordances
182
Index of Passages
190
General Index
193
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