TY - BOOK ID - 142200336 TI - Valerius Flaccus and imperial Latin epic PY - 2023 SN - 0191967270 0192698516 0192698524 9780192698520 9780192870919 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Epic poetry, Latin KW - History and criticism. KW - Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, KW - Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius. KW - Statius, P. Papinius KW - Claudianus, Claudius. KW - Influence. KW - History and criticism KW - Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, Caius UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142200336 AB - This is the first book-length study of the reception of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus (Punica), Statius (Thebaid, Achilleid), and Claudian (De Raptu Proserpinae). It sheds new light on the importance of Valerius' poem and enhances our understanding of the intertextual richness of imperial Latin epic. The readings offered in this book provide new evidence to support the view thatValerius' Argonautica predates the Punica and Thebaid, thus helping to clarify the literary history of the Flavian period (69-96 CE). Stover shows how Silius, Statius, and Claudian use programmatic allusion to the Argonautica to present themselves as Valerius' epic successors. Silius, Statius, and Claudian rework Valerian material to achieve variouseffects; analysis of these effects is organized by the primary function of allusive interactions, such as 'reversal', 'enrichment', and 'contrast'.This study is essential for scholars of Latin epic poetry. Yet the Greek and Latin of its close readings are translated, making it accessible to all readers interested in intertextuality, comparative literature, and other related topics. ER -