TY - BOOK ID - 77929956 TI - Flavian Epic Interactions AU - Augoustakis, Antony AU - Bernstein, Neil W AU - Bessone, Federica AU - Chaudhuri, Pramit AU - Criado, Cecilia AU - Dinter, Martin T AU - Fucecchi, Marco AU - Galli, Daniela AU - Gibson, Bruce AU - Harrison, Stephen AU - Heerink, Mark AU - Hulls, Jean-Michel AU - Keur, Michiel van der AU - Kozak, Daniel AU - Littlewood, Joy AU - Manuwald, Gesine AU - Marks, Raymond AU - Penwill, John AU - Soerink, Jörn AU - Voigt, Astrid AU - Walter, Anke AU - Wilson, Marcus AU - Hardie, Philip AU - Reitz, Christiane PY - 2013 SN - 3110314304 9783110314304 9783110314274 3110314274 3110314312 PB - Berlin Boston DB - UniCat KW - Epic poetry, Latin KW - History and criticism. KW - Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, KW - Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius KW - Statius, P. Papinius KW - Silio, KW - Silius, KW - Silius Italicus, C. KW - Silius Italicus, Catius KW - Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius, KW - Sillius, KW - Flacco, Valerio, KW - Flaccus, Gaius Valerius, KW - Valerio Flacco, KW - Valerius Flaccus, KW - Valerius Flaccus, C. KW - Valerius Flaccus, C., KW - Valerius Flaccus, Caius, KW - Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, C., KW - Estacio KW - Stace KW - Statius, Papinius KW - Statius, Publius Papinius KW - Stat︠s︡iĭ, Publiĭ Papiniĭ KW - Стаций, Публий Папиний KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Stazio KW - Valerius Flaccus, Gaius KW - Gaius Valerius Flaccus KW - Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, Caius KW - Valerius Flaccus KW - Flavian literature. KW - Roman epic. KW - intertextuality. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77929956 AB - This volume on the three Flavian epic poets (Valerius Flaccus, Statius and Silius Italicus) for the first time critically engages with a unique set-up in Roman literary history: the survival of four epic poems from the same period (Argonautica; Thebaid, Achilleid; Punica). The interactions of these poems with each other and their contemporary context are explored by over 20 experts and emerging scholars. Topics studied include the political dimension of the epics, their use of epic themes and techniques and their intertextual relationship among each other and to predecessors. The recent upsurge of interest in Flavian epic has been focused on the analysis of individual works. Looking at these poems together now allows the appreciation of their similarities and nuanced differences in the light of their shared position in literary and political history and gives insights into the literary culture of the period. The different approaches and backgrounds of the contributors ensure the presentation of a range of viewpoints. Together they offer new perspectives to the still increasing readership of Flavian epic poetry but also to anyone interested in the epic genre within Roman literature or other cultures more generally. ER -