Hellenistic Aesthetic and the Poetic Composition of Lucretius' De Rerum NaturaIndiana University, 2002 - 588 pages |
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Page 65
... scene . She realized what was going on ( sensit , 90 ) and she swooned ( petebat , 93 ) . The use of petebat , in the imperfect , both intensifies the emotional aspect of the scene and captures it aesthetically at the highest point of ...
... scene . She realized what was going on ( sensit , 90 ) and she swooned ( petebat , 93 ) . The use of petebat , in the imperfect , both intensifies the emotional aspect of the scene and captures it aesthetically at the highest point of ...
Page 195
... scene , along with its aesthetic design , eludes many a critic . The plague scene functions like a peroration . It aims to arouse emotions . In fact , most books in De Rerum Natura end similarly . The end of Book 2 forebodes , through ...
... scene , along with its aesthetic design , eludes many a critic . The plague scene functions like a peroration . It aims to arouse emotions . In fact , most books in De Rerum Natura end similarly . The end of Book 2 forebodes , through ...
Page 197
... scene does not eschew the image of death . On the contrary , it intensifies the image by making it appear all the more grippingly palpable , hideous , foul , and terrifying . Innumerable minutiae are given of the various symptoms of the ...
... scene does not eschew the image of death . On the contrary , it intensifies the image by making it appear all the more grippingly palpable , hideous , foul , and terrifying . Innumerable minutiae are given of the various symptoms of the ...
Contents
Hellenistic Poetics and Lucretius | 21 |
Rhetoric and Poetry | 75 |
Epicurean Epistemology and Lucretius Poetics | 147 |
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