War, liberty, and Caesar
Subtitle: responses to Lucan's Bellum Ciuile, ca. 1580-1650
By: Edward Paleit
Series: Classical presences; Classical presences
Publisher: Oxford Unitversity Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780191626210
Subjects: English literature; Influence; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Pharsalia (Lucan); General; Classical influences; LITERARY CRITICISM; Latin Epic poetry; Classicism in literature; History
Description: In 'War, Liberty, and Caesar', Edward Paleit discusses how readers and writers of the English Renaissance read and understood Lucan's epic poem on the Roman civil wars. Looking at engagements with Lucan across a wide variety of literary forms Paleit questions what made this Latin author so relevant during this period.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 1, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.