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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b12510393.
- catalog coverage "Rome History Domitian, 81-96 Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "Rome History Domitian, 81-96.".
- catalog coverage "Rome In literature.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-340) and indexes (p. 341-356).".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Embodying the statue: Silvae 1.1 and 4.6 -- Engendering the house: Silvae 1.2 and 3.4 -- Imperial pastoral: Vopiscus' villa in Silvae 1.3 -- Dominating nature: Pollio's villa in Silvae 2.2 -- Reading the Thebaid: Silvae 1.5 -- The Emperor's Saturnalia: Silvae 1.6 -- Dining with the emperor: Silvae 4.2 -- Building the imperial highway: Silvae 4.3.".
- catalog description "The Silvae are poems of anxiety as well as praise, expressive of the tensions within the later period of Domitian's reign."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "356 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "052180891X".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Domitian, 81-96 Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Domitian, 81-96.".
- catalog spatial "Rome In literature.".
- catalog subject "Emperors in literature.".
- catalog subject "Imperialism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Laudatory poetry, Latin History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Occasional verse, Latin History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PA6698 .N38 2002".
- catalog subject "Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Silvae.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Embodying the statue: Silvae 1.1 and 4.6 -- Engendering the house: Silvae 1.2 and 3.4 -- Imperial pastoral: Vopiscus' villa in Silvae 1.3 -- Dominating nature: Pollio's villa in Silvae 2.2 -- Reading the Thebaid: Silvae 1.5 -- The Emperor's Saturnalia: Silvae 1.6 -- Dining with the emperor: Silvae 4.2 -- Building the imperial highway: Silvae 4.3.".
- catalog title "Statius' Silvae and the poetics of Empire / Carole E. Newlands".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".