Silvae Book II : A Commentary by H-J. Van Dam

P Papinius Statius

ISBN 10: 9004071105 / ISBN 13: 9789004071100

Edité par Brill Dez 1984, 1984

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Neuware - The five books of the Silvae bring together the occasional verses which Statius wrote in addition to his two epics. In these short descriptive poems Statius elaborates features taken from various genres into an original whole, in which description and eulogy play important roles. The main themes of the poems of his second book are consolation after bereavement and the contrast between nature and culture. The present work contains a general introduction, a text of Silvae II, a bibliography, and an index, together with a verse-by-verse commentary on the poems of this second book. This is the first commentary on a book of the Silvae since Vollmer's commentary on the whole of the Silvae of 1898. Emphasis is here placed on interpretation and moreover chiefly on the literary and stylistic aspects of the poems, which, compared with the epic poetry of Statius and his contemporaries, have hitherto received relatively little attention.

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• Titre: Silvae Book II : A Commentary by H-J. Van Dam
• Éditeur: Brill Dez 1984
• Date de parution: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9004071105
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789004071100
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 249 L x 152 H x 33 P (en millimètres) 249 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 33 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1052 grammes

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The five books of the Silvae bring together the occasional verses which Statius wrote in addition to his two epics. In these short descriptive poems Statius elaborates features taken from various genres into an original whole, in which description and eulogy play important roles. The main themes of the poems of his second book are consolation after bereavement and the contrast between nature and culture.
The present work contains a general introduction, a text of Silvae II, a bibliography, and an index, together with a verse-by-verse commentary on the poems of this second book.
This is the first commentary on a book of the Silvae since Vollmer's commentary on the whole of the Silvae of 1898. Emphasis is here placed on interpretation and moreover chiefly on the literary and stylistic aspects of the poems, which, compared with the epic poetry of Statius and his contemporaries, have hitherto received relatively little attention.