Emily Kneebone Oppian's Halieutica (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Oppian's HalieuticaCondition: NewSubtitle: Charting a Didactic EpicEAN: 9781108744041ISBN: 9781108744041Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/10/2022Description: Oppian's Halieutica is a dazzling five-book Greek didactic poem about the sea and its wily, chaotic inhabitants. This book offers the first sustained reading of the poem as a didactic epic that meditates on the place of human beings within the cosmos at large, and on the lessons we can learn from fish. Using a combination of close reading and wider interpretative lenses, this book examines the literary texture and cultural relevance of the Halieutica by analysing its sophisticated refraction of earlier literary-critical theories and hexameter traditions, its commentary on human-animal relations, and its contribution to imperial Greek literary, political, and cultural debates. The book demonstrates the importance and cultural centrality of this understudied Greek didactic epic; it is written for students and scholars of imperial Greek literature and culture (including the ancient novel), ancient heroic and didactic epics, and those interested in human-animal relations in the ancient world.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Weight: 622gAuthor: Emily KneeboneGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Greek Culture in the Roman WorldItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 24mmTopic: Poetry & Drama, History, Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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