Reading of lucretius` de rerum natura, Fratantuono, Lee

Автор: Fratantuono Lee
Название: A Reading of Lucretius` de Rerum Natura
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Описание: Lucretius' philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) is a lengthy didactic and narrative celebration of the universe and, in particular, the world of nature and creation in which humanity finds its abode. This earliest surviving full scale epic poem from ancient Rome was of immense influence and significance to the development of the Latin epic tradition, and continues to challenge and haunt its readers to the present day. A Reading of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura offers a comprehensive commentary on this great work of Roman poetry and philosophy. Lee Fratantuono reveals Lucretius to be a poet with deep and abiding interest in the nature of the Roman identity as the children of both Venus (through Aeneas) and Mars (through Romulus); the consequences (both positive and negative) of descent from the immortal powers of love and war are explored in vivid epic narrative, as the poet progresses from his invocation to the mother of the children of Aeneas through to the burning funeral pyres of the plague at Athens. Lucretius' epic offers the possibility of serenity and peaceful reflection on the mysteries of the nature of the world, even as it shatters any hope of immortality through its bleak vision of post mortem oblivion. And in the process of defining what it means both to be human and Roman, Lucretius offers a horrifying vision of the perils of excessive devotion both to the gods and our fellow men, a commentary on the nature of pietas that would serve as a warning for Virgil in his later depiction of the Trojan Aeneas.

Автор: Fratantuono, Lee
Название: Madness transformed
ISBN: 0739129449 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739129449
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Описание: At a time when the `social` analysis of music is receiving unprecedented attention, this important new book demonstrates ways in which sociological ideas can make a distinct contribution to understanding music. In doing so, it also highlights the contrasts between a sociological perspective and those emanating from cultural studies and musicology. -- .

Автор: Fratantuono, Lee
Название: Madness unchained
ISBN: 0739122428 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739122426
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Описание: Providing a guide to the vast bibliography and scholarly apparatus that has grown around Virgil studies, this work offers a critical study of what Virgil`s purpose and intent may have been in crafting his response to Augustus` political ascendancy in Rome, Rome`s history of near-constant civil strife, and the myths of Rome`s origins.