Editorial: Walter de Gruyter
Colección: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 162
Número de páginas: 150 págs.
Fecha de edición: 22-04-2024
EAN: 9783111429403
ISBN: 978-3-11-142940-3
Precio (sin IVA): 98,95 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 102,91 €
The cross-generic examination of the motif of magic in the major Neronian authors shows how realism forms a link between reader, contemporary experience, and text that encourages more active participation on the part of the reader. At the same time, images of destruction, the horrific, and the ridiculous further enhance the negative view of magic as an ineffective (Lucan-Petronius) or destructive force (Seneca), simultaneously eliciting the reader’s critical response.