Erzählen und Gesang im flavischen Epos
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 243476-229532-1284
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- ISBN
- 9783110336207
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book paves the way for a new comparative understanding of the three epic poems of the Flavian age (Valerius’ Argonautica, Statius’ Thebaid, Silius Italicus’ Punica). While the debt of the three epicists to the epic tradition, starting from Homer, has been well studied, it shows that we cannot fully understand the three extensive poems in isolation, but as part of an intense dialogue both with the epic tradition and contemporary literature. Through a sustained engagement with these key texts, this monograph shows that Flavian epic literature is more varied and less monolithic than has often been assumed.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- A study of the views on the form and function of epic storytelling of three Flavian poets, Valerius Flaccus, Statius, and Silius Italicus. This book shows which personae perform the role of storyteller in their works and how these interact with the narrated world and are mirrored by the singers and prophetic characters in the narrative.
