Stealing the Club from Hercules
On Imitation in Latin Poetry
Format:Hardback
Publisher:De Gruyter
Published:12th Jun '17
Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 26th December 2025, but could change

In the first part of this volume on the literary technique of imitation, the author analyses Virgil's working over the text of Homer which paradoxically represents a true act of artistic originality. In the second chapter, the author reconstructs the presuppositions of a method and explores at the same time its limitations.
ISBN: 9783110472202
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 229g
67 pages