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The art of complicity in Martial and Statius : the Epigrams, Siluae, and Domitianic Rome /

The Art of Complicity in Martial and Statius examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in two poets from the reign of Domitian. Gunderson offers a comprehensive overview of the Epigrams of Martial and the Siluae of Statius. The praise of power found in these texts is not something fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gunderson, Erik (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Edition:First edition.
Series:Classics in theory.
Subjects:
Martial.
Martial. > Epigrammata.
Statius, P. Papinius > (Publius Papinius). > Silvae.
Latin poetry > History and criticism.
Political poetry.
Rome > History > Domitian, 81-96.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Martial's Epigrams as Domitianic literature
  • 3. Statian metapoetics : the high art of complicity
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Appendix. From Nero to Trajan : lives and times.