Claudian: De Raptu Proserpinae (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 11)

Claudian

ISBN 10: 0521074428 / ISBN 13: 9780521074421

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1970

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Synopsis :

An exhaustive study of Claudian's unfinished mythological epic, with a text, apparatus criticus, and commentary.

Présentation de l'éditeur: An exhaustive study of Claudian's unfinished mythological epic, with a text, apparatus criticus, and commentary. The long introduction begins with a catalogue of manuscripts; and this leads to an investigation into the manuscript tradition and the history of the poem's transmission. Dr Hall then surveys the most important printed editions of the poem. He examines various theories of dating and discusses the sources of the story. He concludes the introduction with a brief critical assessment of the form and style of the poem. Dr Hall establishes his text after an examination of all the extant manuscripts. The apparatus, though very full, is selective in that it records readings of younger manuscripts only when they offer something new. It also ignores trifling corruptions. The commentary is similarly selective. In general, it discusses everything relevant to the establishing of the text and ignores points of purely mythological and literary interest.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Claudian: De Raptu Proserpinae (Cambridge ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 1970
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : Good
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