Collects papers presented at the conference "I generi letterari nell'età dei Flavi. Canoni, trasformazioni, ricezione", held in Turin on September 18-19, 2013
Citroni, Mario --: Frontmatter -- ; Table of Contents -- ; Introduction -- ; I. Genres and Literary History -- ; Antiqui, veteres, novi: images of the literary past and the impulse to progress in the cultural program of Quintilian
Baier, Thomas --: Quintilian’s approach to literary history via imitatio and utilitas
Marchetti, Sandra Citroni --: II. Encyclopaedism and Oratory -- ; Contingat aliqua gratia operae curaeque nostrae: an ethic of care in the Naturalis historia
Balbo, Andrea --: Roman oratory and power under the Flavians: some case studies from Pliny the Younger
Canobbio, Alberto --: III. Tradition and Poetics of the Epigram -- ; Bipartition and non-distinction of poetical genres in Martial: magnum vs parvum
Morelli, Alfredo Mario --: Catullus 23 and Martial. An epigrammatic model and its ‘refraction’ throughout Martial’s libri
Merli, Elena --: IV. Occasional Poetry and Literary Genres -- ; The festinatio in Flavian poetry: a clarification
Bonadeo, Alessia --: Scattered remarks about the ‘non-genre’ of Statius’ Silvae. The construction of a minor canon?
Newlands, Carole E. --: The early reception of the Silvae: from Statius to Sidonius
Fabre-Serris, Jacqueline --: V. Models and Transformations of the Epos -- ; The Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus and the Latin tradition on the beginning and end of history (Catullus, Virgil, Seneca)
Zissos, Andrew --: Generic Attire: Hypsipyle’s Cloaks in Valerius Flaccus and Apollonius Rhodius
Lovatt, Helen --: VI. War and Generic Tensions -- ; The beautiful face of war: Refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry
Littlewood, R. Joy --: Epic on the edge: generic instability at the pivotal centre of Silius’ Punica (10.336‒371)
Marks, Raymond --: Silius, Sicily, and the poetics of generic conflict: Grosphus in Punica 14.208‒217
Keith, Alison --: Lyric resonances in Statius’ Achilleid
Augoustakis, Antony --: VII. Epic and Other Genres -- ; Burial scenes: Silius Italicus’ Punica and Greco-Roman historiography
Reitz, Christiane --: Is Capaneus an Epicurean? A case study in epic and philosophy
|