Greek Culture in the Roman World #: The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic

Greek Culture in the Roman World #: The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic
Emma Greensmith
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1 Oct 2020 UK
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9781108830331
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This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at the height of the Roman Empire. In Emma Greensmith' s ground-breaking analysis, Quintus emerges as a key poet in the history of epic and of Homeric reception. Writing as if he is Homer himself, and occupying the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey, Quintus constructs a new ' poetics of the interval' . At all levels, from its philology to its plotting, the Posthomerica manipulates the language of affiliation, succession and repetition not just to articulate its own position within the inherited epic tradition but also to contribute to the literary and identity politics of imperial society. This book changes how we understand the role of epic and Homer in Greco-Roman culture - and completely re-evaluates Quintus' status as a poet.

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Emma Greensmith is Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at St John' s College, Oxford. She specialises in imperial Greek literature. She previously held a Research Fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge, and a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Colgate University, New York. She was a member of the AHRC-funded collaborative project ' Imperial Greek Epic: A Cultural History' .
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ISBN-13: 9781108830331
Published: 1 Oct 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 705g
Pages: 380

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