Myth and Poetry in Lucretius

• Author(s): Monica R. Gale,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 260
• ISBN_10: 0521451353
  ISBN_13: 9780521451352
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Literary Criticism / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General , Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical , Poetry / Ancient & Classical ,

Description:... This book attempts to provide a more positive assessment of Lucretius' aims and methodology by considering the poet's attitude to myth, and the role which it plays in the De Rerum Natura, against the background of earlier and contemporary views.