First line
Hayley's homage to Virgil constitutes an appropriate epitaph not only for Virgil but for Roman epic itself.
From the rear cover
Roman epic lays firm claim to being western civilization's prime literary form. Roman epic draws together fourteen critically and methodologically distinct essays, focusing on particular epicists, their reaction to, influence on and rewriting of each other. The book examines the formation and transformation of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BCE Saturnian poets Livius and Naevius to the Renaissance Latin epics of Petrarch and Vida. What results is the revelation of Roman epic not only as Rome's highest poetic genre but as a self-consciously intertextual, primarily political form. The Roman epicist's creative exploitation of his predecessors is not restricted to stylistic similarities and generic codes, but often encompasses more important levels of social, moral and political meaning. In the Roman tradition the epic form shows an impetus to reform the celebratory values implicit in the form itself, admitting a plurality of interactive, often critical, narrative voices. This book reveals how epic developed and critically considers the generic and literary tradition to which the texts belong. It demonstrates epic's critical significance for the foundational culture of the western world.
Details
- Title Roman Epic
- Author Anthony J. Boyle (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 348
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, London
- Date 1996-07-25
- ISBN 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.13 x 6.2 x 1.03 in (23.19 x 15.75 x 2.62 cm)
- Ages 18 to 18 years
- Grade levels 13 - 13
- Reading level 1490
-
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Dewey Decimal Code 873.009
More Copies for Sale
Roman Epic
by A.J. Boyle
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Naperville, Illinois, United States
- Item Price
-
$10.00$5.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Boyle, A. J
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Item Price
-
$22.75$3.99 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Boyle, Anthony J. [Editor]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Clean & Unmarked
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
$25.00$5.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Boyle, Anthony J.
- Used
- Acceptable
- first
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
$25.07FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$29.62$10.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
ROMAN EPIC.
by BOYLE, Anthony James (Edits)..
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - About fine.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$48.25$23.49 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Boyle, A. J. (ed)
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
- Item Price
-
$48.00$5.50 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Anthony J. Boyle
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$138.03$12.63 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Boyle, Anthony J. (Edited by)
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$164.45$12.70 shipping to USA
Show Details
Roman Epic
by Boyle, Anthony J. [Editor]
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780415143578 / 0415143578
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
- Item Price
-
$143.79$5.45 shipping to USA