Book contents
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Text
- Part II Lucretius and his Readers
- Part III The Word and the World
- Part IV Literary and Philosophical Sources
- Part V Worldviews
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- Index Rerum
Introduction
Approaching Lucretius
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Book contents
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Text
- Part II Lucretius and his Readers
- Part III The Word and the World
- Part IV Literary and Philosophical Sources
- Part V Worldviews
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- Index Rerum
Summary
The Introduction offers a brief overview of historical responses and scholarly approaches to the DRN as context for the chapters of the present volume. Five categories of Lucretian criticism (corresponding to the sections of the volume) are then singled out for special attention: textual criticism; constructs of the author and the reader; metapoetic and ‘atomological’ readings; literary and philosophical intertextuality; politics and ideology.
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- Approaches to LucretiusTraditions and Innovations in Reading the <I>De Rerum Natura</I>, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020