Myth and Poetry in Lucretius. - GALE, M.R.,
KORTE INHOUD
'Why Lucretius should have written a major poem propounding Epicurean doctrine in the face of Epicurus' well attested hostility to poetry has for generations been a rich source of books, articles and undergraduate essays. Much sensitive work on the DRN (e.g. pasoli, Snyder, David West) has shown that this is not the paradox it might seem, that Lucretius the poet / philosopher is an unreal dichotomy, and that all or nearly all the poetic devices in the poem are carefully controlled and directed at persuasive Epicurean evangelism. This book examines Lucretius' use of myth, and aims to show that myth is as much an instrument of the poem's argument as, say, similes and repetitions, and it not to be regarded as an 'anti-Lucrèce' element, diverting the poet from his main didactic purpose. (...) G.'s main argument is that Lucretius was facing a long tradition of the poetic use of myth, and also of much criticism of myth: in particular, philosophical poetry, like that of Parmenides and Empedocles, had made good use o...
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1994Uitgever: Cambridge University Press260 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521451353ISBN-13: 9780521451352Koop dit boek tweedehands
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1994. XIV,260p. Original blue gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Plastic library cover. Library marks to cover, upper edge and free endpaper. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. [New] [Auteur: GALE, M.R.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1994] [Titel: Myth and Poetry in Lucretius.]
1994. XIV,260p. Original blue gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. [New] [Auteur: GALE, M. R.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1994] [Titel: Myth and Poetry in Lucretius.]
