The taste for nothingness : a study of Virtus and related themes in Lucan's Bellum civile / R. Sklenář.
2003
PA6480 .S58 2003 (Mapit)
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The taste for nothingness : a study of Virtus and related themes in Lucan's Bellum civile / R. Sklenář.
Author
Sklenář, R. (Robert), 1963-
ISBN
0472113100 (acid-free paper)
9780472113101 (acid-free paper)
9780472113101 (acid-free paper)
Publication Details
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2003.
Language
English
Description
viii, 158 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
PA6480 .S58 2003
Summary
Sklenar (classical studies, Tulane U.) partly adopts the currently orthodox view of Roman poet Lucan (39-65), but also presents views that he says are a bit heretical because more traditional. The fundamental weaknesses in both recent and earlier studies, he declares, are the neglect of close reading, the assumption that Lucan can only describe chaos by being chaotic, and considerable slackness in the definition of the term nihilistic by people who attribute it to him. The study is revised from his 1996 dissertation. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
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Table of Contents
1. Lucan the Nihilist
2. The Paladins of Decadence
3. The Futility of Goodness
4. Aemula Virtus.
2. The Paladins of Decadence
3. The Futility of Goodness
4. Aemula Virtus.