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oapen-20.500.12657-879562024-03-28T14:03:22Z Narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica Van Den Broek, Pieter ecphrasis ekphrasis Epic tradition Flavian dynasty Flavian epic Imperial literature intertextuality intratextuality Lucan matapoetics metapoetry mise en ambyme mise-en-abyme narratology Ovid second punic war Vergil virgil thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval This study investigates the role of embedded narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica, an epic from the late first century AD on the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). At first sight, these narratives seem to be loosely ‘embedded’ in the epic, having their own plot and being situated in a different time or place than the main narrative. A closer look reveals, however, that they foreshadow or recall elements that are found elsewhere in the epic. In this way, they serve as ‘mirrors’ of the main narrative. The larger part of this book consists of four detailed case studies. 2024-02-23T14:19:03Z 2024-02-23T14:19:03Z 2023 book ONIX_20240223_9789004685833_34 9789004685833 9789004685826 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87956 eng application/pdf n/a 9789004685833.pdf https://brill.com/display/title/69301 Brill 10.1163/9789004685833 10.1163/9789004685833 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 da087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025 9789004685833 9789004685826 Dutch Research Council (NWO) 36201086 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research open access
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This study investigates the role of embedded narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica, an epic from the late first century AD on the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). At first sight, these narratives seem to be loosely ‘embedded’ in the epic, having their own plot and being situated in a different time or place than the main narrative. A closer look reveals, however, that they foreshadow or recall elements that are found elsewhere in the epic. In this way, they serve as ‘mirrors’ of the main narrative. The larger part of this book consists of four detailed case studies.
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