Parkes, Ruth (2021) The Uncertainties of Claudian's 'De Raptu Proserpinae'. American Journal of Philology, 142 (2). pp. 319-341. ISSN 1086-3168
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Abstract
This article explores uncertainty in Claudian’s late Antique Latin epic, the 'De Raptu Proserpinae'. It first focusses upon the areas of artistic provisionality, rhetorical inconsistency, and indeterminacy, and then compares and contrasts Claudian’s political poetry. It suggests that the mythological 'De Raptu' can be read as an acknowledgment of, and detached reflection upon, the uncertainties Claudian would have been familiar with as one involved in politics and as a client poet.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | late antique Latin epic Claudian political poetry classical philology |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Divisions: | Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ruth Parkes |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2021 12:25 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2025 16:07 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/1557 |
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