Lucanâs Bellum Civile: A Specimen of a Roman âLiterature of Traumaâ

Christine Walde

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Lucanâs Bellum Civile: A Specimen of a Roman âLiterature of Traumaâ

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Pages:: 281â302

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004217096_015

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The present chapter relies on the concept of postmemory to interpret the BC as a specimen of trauma literature. The generational distance of the civil war fromLucan and his immediate audience activate a special kind ofmemory of the events narrated. Lucan invites his audience to recreate and reinvent the traumatic spectacle of past civil discord. Seen as postmemory, Lucanâs retelling of the civil war becomes an integral part of the myth of Rome.

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Brill's Companion to Lucan

Series:Â Brill's Companions to Classical Studies

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004217096

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2011

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  - Greek & Latin Literature

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