The Dead and their Ghosts in the Bellum Civile
Lucan’S Visions of History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20083454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil W Bernstein (0009-0004-0096-2637, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 257-279 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Brill's Companion to Lucan (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004217096_014 |
| OpenAlex | W881956336 |
| ISBN | 9789004217096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This chapter discusses two of the key programmatic functions performed by ghosts in the Bellum Civile: (I) ghosts’ roles in the development of the relationship between the Bellum Civile and the earlier epic tradition represented principally (though not exclusively) by the Aeneid; and (II) ghosts’ contribution to the epic’s pessimistic vision of Roman history and of the imperial regime. I consider both the appearances of ghosts as actors in the narrative represented through direct mimesis as well as their evocation through the rhetorical figure of eidôlopoeia
Art · EPIC · Epistemology · Evocation · Literature · Narrative · Pessimism · Rhetorical question · Theology · Vision · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |