Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 400 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 400 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
ISBN: 978-0-19-875490-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
Lucretius is depicted as a linguistic trailblazer, extending and augmenting the technical language of Latin in order to describe the Epicurean universe of atoms and void in all its complexity and sublimity. A detailed understanding of the Epicurean linguistic theory brings with it a greater appreciation of Lucretius' own language. Accordingly, this book features an in-depth reconstruction of certain core features of Epicurean linguistic theory. Elements of Lucretius' style discussed include his attitudes to, and use of, figurative language (especially metaphor); his explorations, both explicit and implicit, of Latin etymology; his uses of Greek; and his creative deployment of compounds and prefixed words. His practice is related throughout not only to the underlying Epicurean theory but also to contemporary Roman attitudes to style and language. The result is a new reading of one of the greatest and most difficult works to survive from the Roman world.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie