The Literary Genres in the Flavian Age: Canons, Transformations, Reception

The construction of a new Latin library between the end of the Republic and the Augustan Principate was anything but an inhibiting factor. The literary flourishing of the Flavian age shows that awareness of this canon rather stimulated creative tension. In the changing socio-cultural context, daring innovations transform the genres of poetry and prose. This volume, which collects papers by influential scholars of early Imperial literature, sheds light on the productive dynamics of the ancient genre system and can also offer insightful perspectives to a non-classicist readership.

Author: Federica Bessone
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 07/08/2019
Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes #51
Pages: 361
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9783110658514