Poetry and Civil War in Bellum Civile by R.G. Osborne, M.D. Reeve, Richard L. Hunter, G.C. Horrocks, M. Millett, David N. Sedley, Jamie Masters, P.D. Garnsey

271 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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This book is a major literary reevaluation of Lucan's epic poem, the Bellum Civile ("The Civil War"). Its main purpose is to bring out the implications of one basic premise: this poem is not only about civil war, but uses the metaphor of civil war...

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