Claire Stocks
Biographic Data
| ID | 1429246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Stocks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Stocks |
| SIGNATURE | STOCKS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5256-3225 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fides in Flavian Literature
In a Land of Gods and Monsters
This chapter discusses how Hannibal’s eruption of fury at the Capuan patriot Decius mirrors the violence of Campania’s volcanic landscape and the mythic monsters who lurk beneath the surface, punished for transgressing boundaries. Hannibal’s tour of the Phlegraean Fields suggests a travesty of Aeneas’ tour of Evander’s modest settlement in Aeneid 8. In perfidious Capua, a city whose depravity flouts every mark of Roman decency, now driven by furo…
Simply the best? Epic aristeiai
The word aristeia, closely related to the verb ἀριστεύω, meaning "to be the best or bravest [in battle]", for example, at Hom. Il. 6.208, is used by scholars to refer to scenes in which (epic) heroes demonstrate their martial prowess through one-to-one combat with a series of individuals.1 These various aristeiai are a stock feature of epic narratives, appearing repeatedly throughout Greek and Roman epic. As such, these scenes not only offer an e…
Horace’s Epodes
Covering a range of topics including the iambic tradition and aspects of gender, this collection of essays on the Epodes overturns the work's ill-famed reputation and reasserts its place as a valued member of Horace's literary corpus
The Roman Hannibal
Silius Italicus’ Punica, the longest surviving epic in Latin literature, has seen a resurgence of interest among scholars in recent years. A celebration of Rome’s triumph over Hannibal and Carthage during the second Punic war, Silius’ poem presents a plethora of familiar names to its readers: Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus, Scipio Africanus and, of course, Rome’s ‘ultimate enemy’ – Hannibal.Where most recent scholarship on the Punica has focu…
Signifying authenticity in academic practice
Portfolios are an assessment tool that help frame expectations of personal professional learning about teaching in higher education, a key dimension of academic practice. In this paper, we review our experiences in both supporting academic colleagues to develop a teaching portfolio, and in their assessment. We argue that the authenticity of the account offered is key: participants should aspire to render an authentic account of themselves, their …
To Whom Does the quem Refer?’ A Note on Aeneid 9.438-45
Acts of cultural identification
In a 1994 interview, Tim O'Brien insists that one of the key aims of his fiction is to invite the reader to occupy the position of the author/narrator so that the reader is encouraged, as O'Brien puts it, to identify with the experience which is being narrated. O'Brien's desire to enable the presumably non-traumatized reader to occupy the position of the traumatized writer/narrator demonstrates his concern with attempting to find ways of overcomi…
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Acts of cultural identification
In a 1994 interview, Tim O'Brien insists that one of the key aims of his fiction is to invite the reader to occupy the position of the author/narrator so that the reader is encouraged, as O'Brien puts it, to identify with the experience which is being narrated. O'Brien's desire to enable the presumably non-traumatized reader to occupy the position of the traumatized writer/narrator demonstrates his concern with attempting to find ways of overcomi…
Signifying authenticity in academic practice
Portfolios are an assessment tool that help frame expectations of personal professional learning about teaching in higher education, a key dimension of academic practice. In this paper, we review our experiences in both supporting academic colleagues to develop a teaching portfolio, and in their assessment. We argue that the authenticity of the account offered is key: participants should aspire to render an authentic account of themselves, their …
To Whom Does the quem Refer?’ A Note on Aeneid 9.438-45
The Roman Hannibal
Silius Italicus’ Punica, the longest surviving epic in Latin literature, has seen a resurgence of interest among scholars in recent years. A celebration of Rome’s triumph over Hannibal and Carthage during the second Punic war, Silius’ poem presents a plethora of familiar names to its readers: Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus, Scipio Africanus and, of course, Rome’s ‘ultimate enemy’ – Hannibal.Where most recent scholarship on the Punica has focu…
Horace’s Epodes
Covering a range of topics including the iambic tradition and aspects of gender, this collection of essays on the Epodes overturns the work's ill-famed reputation and reasserts its place as a valued member of Horace's literary corpus
Fides in Flavian Literature
In a Land of Gods and Monsters
This chapter discusses how Hannibal’s eruption of fury at the Capuan patriot Decius mirrors the violence of Campania’s volcanic landscape and the mythic monsters who lurk beneath the surface, punished for transgressing boundaries. Hannibal’s tour of the Phlegraean Fields suggests a travesty of Aeneas’ tour of Evander’s modest settlement in Aeneid 8. In perfidious Capua, a city whose depravity flouts every mark of Roman decency, now driven by furo…
Simply the best? Epic aristeiai
The word aristeia, closely related to the verb ἀριστεύω, meaning "to be the best or bravest [in battle]", for example, at Hom. Il. 6.208, is used by scholars to refer to scenes in which (epic) heroes demonstrate their martial prowess through one-to-one combat with a series of individuals.1 These various aristeiai are a stock feature of epic narratives, appearing repeatedly throughout Greek and Roman epic. As such, these scenes not only offer an e…
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