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Beschreibung
Although the Silvae of P. Papinius Statius had a formative influence on Renaissance and Baroque poetry, today they are unknown works of Roman literature outside specialist circles. Yet they offer an intellectually highly appealing insight into the interests and self-stylisation of the Roman upper class of the Flavian period, particularly in their mannerist form, comparable to the epigrams of Martial, Statius' eternal literary antipode. Apart from the problematic transmission and the sometimes unusually experimental character of the texts, it is above all their wealth of allusions and their complexity that stand in the way of an easy reception of these poems: the reader is required to have a certain amount of knowledge, and no less of 'lateral thinking' and sometimes wry humour if he or she wants to engage with them. This bilingual edition endeavours to accommodate the reader by providing as comprehensive a commentary as possible and thus to give the Silvae more of the attention they deserve.
Although the Silvae of P. Papinius Statius had a formative influence on Renaissance and Baroque poetry, today they are unknown works of Roman literature outside specialist circles. Yet they offer an intellectually highly appealing insight into the interests and self-stylisation of the Roman upper class of the Flavian period, particularly in their mannerist form, comparable to the epigrams of Martial, Statius' eternal literary antipode. Apart from the problematic transmission and the sometimes unusually experimental character of the texts, it is above all their wealth of allusions and their complexity that stand in the way of an easy reception of these poems: the reader is required to have a certain amount of knowledge, and no less of 'lateral thinking' and sometimes wry humour if he or she wants to engage with them. This bilingual edition endeavours to accommodate the reader by providing as comprehensive a commentary as possible and thus to give the Silvae more of the attention they deserve.
Über den Autor
Gottfried Eugen Kreuz
, University of Salzburg, Austria.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Renaissance und Aufklärung
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Sammlung Tusculum
Inhalt: 681 S.
ISBN-13: 9783110631388
ISBN-10: 3110631385
Sprache: Deutsch
Latein
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Statius
Redaktion: Kreuz, Gottfried
Herausgeber: Gottfried Kreuz
Hersteller: Walter de Gruyter
de Gruyter, Walter, GmbH
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Maße: 179 x 125 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Statius
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.06.2025
Gewicht: 0,648 kg
Artikel-ID: 133433464

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