The examination of Lucretian reception in Latin poetry has been served
well by scholars. Lucretius’ presence in later prose writers, on the
other hand, is a topic that warrants more investigation. Susanne
Gatzemeier’s 2013 monograph (Ut ait Lucretius: Die Lukrezrezeption
in der lateinischen Prosa bis Laktanz) is an invaluable contribution
to the topic but by no means exhaustive either in terms of the
potential intertextualities it traces or in terms of its interpretive
methods and insights. At the same time, recent studies implicate
Lucretius’ name in discussions of prose writers who were not that
often thought in the past to have engaged with the De Rerum Natura in
an active way. Caesar and Livy but also Vitruvius and Tacitus are some
good examples. The present volume taps into this discussion and
broadens further our understanding of Lucretian reception in prose
writers, including Cicero, Celsus, Seneca the Younger, Quintilian,
Pliny the Younger, Plutarch and Lactantius. Building on the vast
scholarship on the significance of Lucretius as a model for later
poets, the volume sheds new light on the De Rerum Natura’s afterlife
by looking at its presence in philosophical prose, medical writing,
oratory, epistolary writing and Christian theology.
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9783111443812
Publisert
2024
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De Gruyter
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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