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Author:   Laura Zientek ,  Mark Thorne
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781350097414

ISBN 10:   1350097411
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Lucan and His World, Laura Zientek and Mark Thorne PART I: LUCAN AND CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS AND TRADITIONS 1. Imperial Ethics and the Individual in Lucan and Seneca’s Letters, Paul Roche, University of Sydney, Australia 2. Lucanus mirabatur adeo scripta Flacci: Lucan and Persius, Thomas Biggs, University of Georgia, USA 3. Cicero, Lucan, and Rhetorical Role-Play in Bellum Civile 7, Annette M. Baertschi, Bryn Mawr College, USA PART II: THE NATURAL WORLD AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE NERONIAN PERIOD 4. Mining and Morality in Lucan and Seneca, Laura Zientek, Reed College, USA 5. Even Natura Nods: Lucan’s Alternate Explanations of the Syrtes (9.303–18), James Calvin Taylor, Harvard University, USA 6. World Geography, Roman History, and the Failure to Incorporate Parthia in Lucan’s Bellum Civile, Mauro Serena, University of Reading, UK PART III: CATO’S NERONIAN NACHLEBEN 7. Lucan’s Cato and Popular (Mis)conceptions of Stoicism , David H. Kaufman, Transylvania University, USA 8. Sage, Soldier, Politician, and Benefactor: Cato in Seneca and Lucan, Francesca D’Alessandro Behr, University of Houston, USA PART IV: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE 9. Lucan and the Specter of Sulla in Julio-Claudian Rome, Julia Mebane, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA 10. Re-Membering the Palatine in Lucan’s Bellum Civile, Jesse Weiner, Hamilton College, USA 11. Lucan’s Nostalgia and the Infection of Memory, E. V. Mulhern, Temple University 12. Lucan’s Neronian Res Publica Restituta, Andrew McClellan, San Diego State University, USA Notes Bibliography Index Locorum

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Chapters are well thought out and clear, and are accompanied by detailed notes and strong lists of references ... Readers will be enthralled in both the text of Lucan and the web of authors and topics surrounding it; so this book succeeds in its goal to explore Lucan's imperial world, and even beyond. * The Classical Review *

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Laura Zientek is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Reed College, Oregon, USA. Her research focuses on the intersection of landscape representation and natural philosophy in Roman epic poetry, as well as on poetic treatments of natural and built environments. Mark Thorne is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Luther College, Iowa, USA. His work centres on Lucan and other representations of the Roman civil wars from the perspectives of cultural memory and trauma studies, with a special interest in the memory of Cato Uticensis in the early Roman empire.

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