Lucretian Receptions: History, The Sublime, Knowledge

Philip Hardie

ISBN 10: 1107485320 / ISBN 13: 9781107485327

Editore: Cambridge University Press 2014-12-11, 2014

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Titolo: Lucretian Receptions: History, The Sublime, ...

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press 2014-12-11

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: New

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Lucretius' 'De rerum natura', one of the greatest Latin poems, worked a powerful fascination on Virgil and Horace, and continued to be an important model for later poets in antiquity and after, including Milton. This innovative set of studies on the reception of Lucretius is organized round three major themes: history and time, the sublime, and knowledge. The 'De rerum natura' was foundational for Augustan poets' dealings with history and time in the new age of the principate. It is also a major document in the history of the sublime; Virgil and Horace engage with the Lucretian sublime in ways that exercised a major influence on the sublime in later antique and Renaissance literature. The 'De rerum natura' presents a confident account of the ultimate truths of the universe; later didactic and epic poets respond with varying degrees of certainty or uncertainty to the challenge of Lucretius' Epicurean gospel.

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Lucretius' 'De rerum natura' exercised a major influence on the leading poets of Augustan Rome, Virgil and Horace, and created an important model for later poets. This book makes significant claims for the reception of Lucretius' scientific poem, considering the themes of history and time, the sublime and knowledge.