Statius Poet Between Rome And Naples
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Author | : Carole Elizabeth Newlands |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art appreciation |
ISBN | : 9781472540171 |
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"This book examines the poetry of Statius (c. 40-96 AD), in relation to significant social and cultural issues of his day, in particular shifting attitudes to Hellenism, gender and Roman imperialism. It also discusses the reception of Statius' poetry in the Middle Ages, when his reputation was at its zenith. Medieval interpretations of Statius' epics suggest that their popularity rested in part on the prominence they give to female action and the female voice, thus suggesting new expressive and generic possibilities."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Author | : Carole E. Newlands |
Publisher | : Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781780932132 |
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This book examines the poetry of Statius (c. 40-96 AD), in relation to significant social and cultural issues of his day, in particular shifting attitudes to Hellenism, gender and Roman imperialism. It also discusses the reception of Statius' poetry in the Middle Ages, when his reputation was at its zenith. Medieval interpretations of Statius' epics suggest that their popularity rested in part on the prominence they give to female action and the female voice, thus suggesting new expressive and generic possibilities.
Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2004-02-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780253216670 |
Download The Silvae of Statius Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Publius Papinius Statius lived from the 40s to the mid-90s C.E. Born in Naples, he was the son of a professional poet and teacher. In his teens he moved to Rome, and there, some years later, he embarked on his own career in poetry. Published near the end of his life, the Silvae is a collection of witty and engaging occasional poems, but beyond their verbal artistry lies their importance as social documents, contemporary witnesses to the Roman world during the reign of Domitian. The poems open a literary window on the material culture of the age and provide valuable insight into the lives of the Roman elite. Betty Rose Nagle's graceful translation brings the world of Statius alive, making accessible this important literary gem. Her Introduction locates Statius in his historical and literary context, considers the importance of his Silvae, and gives a brief history of the text.
Author | : Professor Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781498190381 |
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
Author | : Carole E. Newlands |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2002-03-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1139432702 |
Download Statius' Silvae and the Poetics of Empire Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Statius' Silvae, written late in the reign of Domitian (AD 81–96), are a new kind of poetry that confronts the challenge of imperial majesty or private wealth by new poetic strategies and forms. As poems of praise, they delight in poetic excess whether they honour the emperor or the poet's friends. Yet extravagant speech is also capacious speech. It functions as a strategy for conveying the wealth and grandeur of villas, statues and precious works of art as well as the complex emotions aroused by the material and political culture of empire. The Silvae are the product of a divided, self-fashioning voice. Statius was born in Naples of non-aristocratic parents. His position as outsider to the culture he celebrates gives him a unique perspective on it. The Silvae are poems of anxiety as well as praise, expressive of the tensions within the later period of Domitian's reign.
Author | : Statius |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 541 |
Release | : 2011-03-15 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0801458080 |
Download Thebaid Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45–96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of an army from Argos to claim his share of royal power. The poem is long—each of the twelve books comprises over eight hundred lines—and complex, and it exploits a broad range of literary works, both Greek and Latin. Severely curtailed though he was by the emperor Domitian and his Reign of Terror, Statius nevertheless created a meditation on autocratic rule that is still of political interest today. Popular in its own time and much admired in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance—most notably by Dante and Chaucer—the poem fell into obscurity and has, for readers of English, been poorly served by translators. Statius composed his poem in dactylic hexameters, the supreme verse form in antiquity. In his hands, this venerable line is flexible, capable of subtle emphases and dramatic shifts in tempo; it is an expressive, responsive medium. In this new and long-awaited translation the poet Jane Wilson Joyce employs a loose, six-beat line in her English translation, which allows her to reveal something of the original rhythm and of the interplay between sentence structure and verse framework. The clarity of Joyce's translation highlights the poem's superb versification, sophisticated use of intertextuality, and bold formal experimentation and innovation. A substantial introduction and annotations make this epic accessible to students of all levels.
Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Occasional verse, Latin |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Epic poetry, Latin |
ISBN | : 9780674012080 |
Download Thebaid, Books I-VII Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Antony Augoustakis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-01-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0192534831 |
Download Campania in the Flavian Poetic Imagination Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The region of Campania with its fertility and volcanic landscape exercised great influence over the Roman cultural imagination. A hub of activity outside the city of Rome, the Bay of Naples was a place of otium, leisure and quiet, repose and literary productivity, and yet also a place of danger: the looming Vesuvius inspired both fear and awe in the region's inhabitants, while the Phlegraean Fields evoked the story of the gigantomachy and sulphurous lakes invited entry to the Underworld. For Flavian writers in particular, Campania became a locus for literary activity and geographical disaster when in 79 CE, the eruption of the volcano annihilated a great expanse of the region, burying under a mass of ash and lava the surrounding cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. In the aftermath of such tragedy the writers examined in this volume - Martial, Silius Italicus, Statius, and Valerius Flaccus - continued to live, work, and write about Campania, which emerges from their work as an alluring region held in the balance of luxury and peril.
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2022-12-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004529063 |
Download Editing and Commenting on Statius' Silvae Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Silvae by Statius dethroned Virgil from the Studio in Naples, fostered the creation of a new genre, offered a model for court poetry, and seduced the most prestigious Humanists in the most vibrant centres of Renaissance Italy and the Netherlands. The collection preserves magnificent buildings otherwise lost; speaks of stones otherwise unknown; and memorializes people, rituals, and social relationships that would have passed into oblivion in silence. This volume offers a fresh look into approaches to the Silvae by editors and commentators, both at the time of the rediscovery of the poems and today.