Publisher | OUP Oxford |
ISBN 13 | 9780198147770 |
ISBN 10 | 0198147775 |
Author | Claudian, Claudius Claudianus |
Language | English |
Book Description | Claudian was one of the last great Latin poets of the classical tradition, writing in the fourth century AD. J. B. Hall has already produced two editions of his poem De Raptu Proserpinae which deal exhaustively with the complicated manuscript traditions of the work. But he self-confessedly leaves aside literary questions which are the subject of this commentary. With the current upsurge of research into late antiquity, Claudian is of great interest as one of the foremost poets of the age who has been undeservedly neglected as a creative artist with an immense knowledge of classical literature and a distinctive literary style. His works have been mined for what they can tell us about the histor |
Publication Date | 2-Feb-13 |
Number of Pages | 344 |
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