War Poetry, Epic Poetry, Greco-Roman Folklore & Mythology, Ancient Roman Poetry, General & Miscellaneous Ancient Poetry, Ancient Greek Poetry
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Overview
"With unerring instinct Slavitt has juxtaposed two witty and ironic post-Ovidian tales of coming of age, Statius's unfinished 'Deeds of Achilles' and Claudian's 'Rape of Proserpina.' Those were the mythical days when teenagers were charming and rape consensual (for Deidamia), or at least (for Proserpina) the path to queenly power. Epic was never the same after Ovid, whether in Statius's sentimental comedy of love and war or in Claudian's darker divine intrigue sacrificing a mother's love to avert an infernal coup d'etat. Slavitt's versatile idiom makes vivid the personalities of Statius's drama and updates Claudian's self-conscious poetics in versions that are both free and true to the poets' art."--Elaine Fanthom, Princeton University
Book Details
Published
February 1, 1998
Publisher
Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997.
Pages
104
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780812234244