Petronius the Poet : Verse and Literary Tradition in the Satyricon
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| Title: | Petronius the Poet : Verse and Literary Tradition in the Satyricon |
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| Description: | The ancient novel, previously relegated to the margins of literary study, has recently taken its place at centre stage. Petronius'Satyricon, the oldest surviving work of prose fiction, is in many respects an arrestingly modern ancient novel but the inclusion within it of thirty short poems and two long ones introduces an alien feature in need of investigation. In this study, Catherine Connors draws on developments in Latin literary criticism to take a comprehensive approach to the Satyricon's poems, reminiscences of poetic texts, and the figure of the poet, assessing the ways in which they fragment and refashion established literary forms into a new amalgam of prose fiction. This book will be of interest to students of Latin literature, Neronian culture, and the early history of the novel. All Latin and Greek is translated. |
| Authors: | Catherine M. Connors |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Verse satire, Latin--History and criticism, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The ancient novel, previously relegated to the margins of literary study, has recently taken its place at centre stage. Petronius'Satyricon, the oldest surviving work of prose fiction, is in many respects an arrestingly modern ancient novel but the inclusion within it of thirty short poems and two long ones introduces an alien feature in need of investigation. In this study, Catherine Connors draws on developments in Latin literary criticism to take a comprehensive approach to the Satyricon's poems, reminiscences of poetic texts, and the figure of the poet, assessing the ways in which they fragment and refashion established literary forms into a new amalgam of prose fiction. This book will be of interest to students of Latin literature, Neronian culture, and the early history of the novel. All Latin and Greek is translated. |
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| ISBN: | 9780521592314 9780511004902 |
