Exemplary Traits : Reading Characterization in Roman Poetry.

'Exemplary Traits' examines how Roman poets used models dynamically to create character, and how their referential approach to character reveals them mobilizing the literary tradition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Seo, Joanne Mira, 1973-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Scholarship Online, 2013.
Subjects:	Latin poetry > History and criticism. Poésie latine > Histoire et critique. Latin poetry Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

We'll always have Paris: Aeneas and the Roman legacy
Lucan's Cato and the poetics of exemplarity
Seneca's Oedipus: characterization and decorum
Parthenopaeus and mors immatura in Statius' Thebaid
Amphiaraus, predestined prophet, didactic vates.