Brill's companion to Statius

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Brill's companion to Statius

edited by W.J. Dominik, C.E. Newlands, and K. Gervais

（Brill's companions in classical studies）

Brill, c2015

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Bibliography: p. [613]-673

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Brill's Companion to Statius is the first companion volume to be published on arguably the most important Roman poet of the Flavian period. Thirty-four newly commissioned chapters from international experts provide a comprehensive overview of recent approaches to Statius, discuss the fundamental issues and themes of his poetry, and suggest new fruitful areas for research. All of his works are considered: the Thebaid, his longest extant epic; the Achilleid, his unfinished epic; and the Silvae, his collected short poetry. Particular themes explored include the social, cultural, and political issues surrounding his poetry; his controversial aesthetic; the influence of his predecessors upon his poetry; and the scholarly and literary reception of his poetry in subsequent ages to the present.

Table of Contents

Preface Texts and Abbreviations Notes on Contributors part 1 - Introduction 1 Reading Statius Carole E. Newlands, Kyle Gervais, and William J. Dominik part 2 - Beginnings 2 Statius on Invocation and Inspiration K. Sara Myers 3 The Silvae: Poetics of Impromptu and Cultural Consumption Gianpiero Rosati 4 The Beginnings of the Achilleid Randall T. Ganiban part 3 - Social and Cultural Matters 5 Creating the Distinguished Addressee: Literary Patronage in the Works of Statius Meike Ruhl 6 Gift and Society in the Works of Statius Neil Coffee 7 Negative Stereotypes of Wealth in the Works of Statius Bruce Gibson 8 Family and Kinship in the Works of Statius Neil W. Bernstein part 4 - Transgressive Poetics: The Achilleid 9 Statius' Achilleid: The Paradoxical Epic Peter J. Davis 10 Intertext, Metapoetry, and Visuality in the Achilleid Christopher Chinn 11 Similes and Gender in the Achilleid Charles McNelis part 5 - Conflict, Power, and Death in the Thebaid 12 "War Came in Disarray . . ." (Thebaid 7.616): Statius and the Depiction of Battle Rhiannon Ash 13 Parent-Child Conflict in the Thebaid Kyle Gervais 14 Transgressing Boundaries of the Unthinkable: Sophocles, Ovid, Vergil, Seneca, and Homer Refracted in Statius' Thebaid Frederick Ahl 15 Similes and Their Programmatic Role in the Thebaid William J. Dominik 16 The Constitutional Status of Euripidean and Statian Theseus: Some Aspects of the Criticism of Absolute Power in the Thebaid Cecilia Criado 17 Dead Woman Walking: Jocasta in the Thebaid Jessica S. Dietrich part 6 - Predecessors and Contemporaries 18 Statius' Epic Poetry: A Challenge to the Literary Past Laura Micozzi 19 Statius' Thebaid and Greek Tragedy: The Legacy of Thebes Agis Marinis 20 Georgics 2.497 and Thebaid 1.19-20: Allusion and Inspiration Victoria E. Pagan 21 Statius and Senecan Drama Antony Augoustakis 22 Lucan's De Bello Civili in the Thebaid Paul Roche 23 Following after Valerius: Argonautic Imagery in the Thebaid Helen Lovatt 24 Statius and Silius Italicus Francois Ripoll 25 Statius and Martial: Post-vatic Self-fashioning in Flavian Rome Luke Roman part 7 - Reception 26 Reading Statius Through a Biographical Lens Ruth Parkes 27 Papinius Noster: Statius in Roman Late Antiquity Helen Kaufmann 28 Medieval Statius: Belatedness and Authority Robert R. Edwards 29 Statius in Dante's Commedia Peter Heslin 30 The Thebaid in Italian Renaissance Epic: The Case of Capaneus Pramit Chaudhuri 31 Early Modern Thebaid: The Latin Commentary Tradition Valery Berlincourt 32 Statian Recusatio: Angelo Poliziano and John Dryden Dustin Mengelkoch 33 Naturalizing Statius Susanna Braund 34 Statius in an Ideological Climate Carole E. Newlands Bibliography Index Locorum General Index

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