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The Poet Lucan: Studies in Rhetorical Epic

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The Poet Lucan: Studies in Rhetorical Epic - Morford, Mark P O
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This work considers the rules of ancient rhetoric as learned by Lucan and applied in his epic. Four themes common to poetry and to the declamatory schools (tyranny, storms, the occult and dreams) are closely analyzed in relation to the poem, and the poem is set in the context of the Neronian age.

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The Poet Lucan: Studies in Rhetorical Epic 1998, Bristol Classical Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781853994883

Trade paperback

Poet Lucan: Studies in Rhetorical Epic 1967, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780631101802

Hardcover