Martials Dichtergedichte - Margot Neger

das Epigramm als Medium der poetischen Selbstreflexion

KORTE INHOUD

?Over the past decade, several important studies of Martial have come from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, and more specifically from the circle of Professor Niklas Holzberg. By ?important? I mean not only well written and worth the read but also fresh in their approach, somewhat provocative and hence also boundary-pushing. These studies have contributed significantly to the way in which modern scholarship regards the works of Martial (?). In the introduction, Neger (N.) states that her book will deal above all with the occurrences of real and fictitious authors in Martial?s books and their function in his discourse on poetical theory. (?) Another major point is to investigate which authors, genres and periods play a more important role in Martial?s works and which do less so, and what line Martial takes on them. (?) The method used by N. to get at Martial?s notion of himself as a poet and of epigram as a genre is primarily an indirect one, which is made necessary by the fact that Martial seldom...
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2012Uitgever: Narr382 paginasTaal: DuitsISBN-10: 3823367595ISBN-13: 9783823367598

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