Civil War (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Description
Lucan's epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, unfinished at the time of his death, stands beside the poems of Virgil and Ovid in the first rank of Latin epic. This newly annotated, free verse translation conveys the full force of Lucan's writing and his grimly realistic view
of the subject. The work is a powerful condemnation of civil war, emphasizing the stark, dark horror of the catastrophies which the Roman state inflicted upon itself. Both the introduction and glossary set the scene for readers unfamiliar with Lucan and explore his relationship with earlier
writers of Latin epic, and his interest in the sensational.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Civil War (Oxford World's Classics),Lucan,Susan H. Braund,Oxford University Press, USA,0192839497,Ancient - Rome,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Roman Literature,Classical Studies | Ancient History | Roman,Essays, journals, letters & other prose works,History / Ancient / Rome,Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval
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