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Statius' Silvae and the poetics of Empire / (Record no. 633311)
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| fixed length control field | 260928s2002 xxk 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521808910 |
| ISBN | 052180891X |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 871.01 |
| Item number | NEW |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Newlands, Carole Elizabeth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Statius' Silvae and the poetics of Empire / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Carole Elizabeth Newlands |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 356 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Statius' Silvae, written late in the reign of Domitian (AD 81-96), are a new kind of poetry that confronts the challenge of imperial majesty or private wealth by new poetic strategies and forms. As poems of praise, they delight in poetic excess whether they honour the emperor or the poet's friends. Yet extravagant speech is also capacious speech. It functions as a strategy for conveying the wealth and grandeur of villas, statues and precious works of art, as well as the complex emotions aroused by the material and political culture of empire. The Silvae are the product of a divided, self-fashioning voice: Statius was born in Naples of non-aristocratic parents, and his position as outsider to the culture he celebrates gives him a unique perspective on it.The Silvae are poems of anxiety as well as praise, expressive of the tensions within the later period of Domitian's reign."--Jacket. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Statius, P. Papinius |
| Topical Term | Occasional verse, Latin -- History and criticism. |
| Topical Term | Laudatory poetry, Latin -- History and criticism. |
| Topical Term | Imperialism in literature. |
| Topical Term | Emperors in literature. |
| Topical Term | Rome -- History -- Domitian, 81-96 -- Historiography. |
| Topical Term | Rome -- In literature. |
| Topical Term | Emperors in literature |
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| -- | 2002 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 28.09.2026 | 871.01 NEW | 193742 | 28.09.2026 | Books |