Lucan und der Prinzipat : Inkonsistenz und unzuverlässiges Erzählen im Bellum Civile /

"Lucan's Bellum Civile (Pharsalia) is traditionally read as a political critique of the Principate. However, several features of this text run counter to this interpretation. This study reexamines Lucan's work using the model of the unreliable narrator to illuminate its portrayal of c...

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Main Author: Kimmerle, Nadja (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:German
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Series:Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 53.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Lucan's Bellum Civile (Pharsalia) is traditionally read as a political critique of the Principate. However, several features of this text run counter to this interpretation. This study reexamines Lucan's work using the model of the unreliable narrator to illuminate its portrayal of contradictory structures in Nero's Principate. The interdisciplinary approach offers a new perspective on Lucan's epic poem and its historical importance"--
Item Description:"Die vorliegende Arbeit ist eine leicht überarbeitete Fassung meiner Dissertation, die Sommer 2013 von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Eberhard Karls Universität Tubingen angenommen wurde"--Vorwort.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 344 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and indexes.
ISBN:9783110367430
3110367432
9783110385984
3110385988
9783110367447
3110367440
ISSN:1862-1139 ;