Inconsistency in Roman epic
Subtitle: studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan
By: James J. O'Hara
Series: Roman literature and its contexts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780521641395; 9780521646420
Subjects: Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism; Inconsistency (Logic)
Description: "How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be emended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-158) and indexes