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Pharsalia: High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood (Masters of Latin Literature) - Softcover

Lucan

 
9780801481376: Pharsalia: High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood (Masters of Latin Literature)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801481376 ISBN 13: 9780801481376
Verlag: Cornell University Press, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Lucan's great poem, Pharsalia, recounts events surrounding the decisive battle fought near Pharsalus in 48 B.C. during the civil war between the forces of Pompey and Julius Caesar. Though the subject of this unfinished masterpiece is historical, many of its features are characteristic of epic poetry: Rousing battle scenes; tales of witches, monsters, and miracle; detailed catalogues; intricate similes; and speeches with a high degree of rhetorical elegance. However, Lucan's deft mix of humor and horror, of political satire, literary parody, history, and epic is entirely his own.

Jane Wilson Joyce's superb translation conveys the drama and poetry of the original. Her use of natural English rhythms in a loose six-beat line comes close to matching the original Latin hexameters, wile her language preserves Lucan's sequence of images. An enlightening introduction, notes, and a full glossary augment the translation.

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Jane Wilson Joyce is Luellen Professor of Literature (Classics) at Centre College.

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Verlag
Cornell University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0801481376
ISBN 13 
9780801481376
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
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4831 GR
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