The hidden author : an interpretation of Petronius' Satyricon /
"Petronius's Satyricon is famous today primarily for the amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast," also celebrated in Fellini's film, Satyricon. But this episode is only one part of the larger picture offered by the work." "In The Hidden Author, Professor Co...
| Основен автор: | Conte, Gian Biagio, 1941- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Italian |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭1996.
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| Серия: |
Sather classical lectures ;
v. 60. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13069 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Hidden author. |
| Резюме: |
"Petronius's Satyricon is famous today primarily for the amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast," also celebrated in Fellini's film, Satyricon. But this episode is only one part of the larger picture offered by the work." "In The Hidden Author, Professor Conte starts with the structure of the work as a whole, inviting the reader to appreciate the elements of irony and fantasy woven into the text. The author has hidden himself with the aim of striking at the vanity of the contemporary cultured scene, handing over his stage to his characters, who are living in various sorts of degradation, but who see themselves, in minds overactively appropriating a great literary heritage, as figures of mythic proportions. In the foreground of Petronius's work can be seen the follies and excesses of the Rome of Nero's time; in the background, the outlines of the intellectual life of the early Empire."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 226 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780520918504 0520918509 0585160244 9780585160245 |