Man in an artificial landscape: the marvels of civilization in imperial Roman literature
Z Pavlovskis - Man in an Artificial Landscape, 2018 - brill.com
No reader of ancient literature will regard Statius or the younger Pliny as one of the greatest
Latin authors. On the other hand, the usual modern tendency to dismiss most of the writers of
the Silver Age as derivative and contrived I does little justice to the originality of many of
them, and particularly Statius, who may well have been the first to devote whole poems to
the praise of technological progress, as well as the delights of a life spent in a setting not
natural but improved by man's skill. Pliny, in his turn, successfully introduced this poetic topic …
Latin authors. On the other hand, the usual modern tendency to dismiss most of the writers of
the Silver Age as derivative and contrived I does little justice to the originality of many of
them, and particularly Statius, who may well have been the first to devote whole poems to
the praise of technological progress, as well as the delights of a life spent in a setting not
natural but improved by man's skill. Pliny, in his turn, successfully introduced this poetic topic …
Man in an artificial landscape
Z Pavlovskis - Man in an Artificial Landscape, 1973 - brill.com
No reader of ancient literature will regard Statius or the younger Pliny as one of the greatest
Latin authors. On the other hand, the usual modern tendency to dismiss most of the writers of
the Silver Age as derivative and contrived I does little justice to the originality of many of
them, and particularly Statius, who may well have been the first to devote whole poems to
the praise of technological progress, as well as the delights of a life spent in a setting not
natural but improved by man's skill. Pliny, in his turn, successfully introduced this poetic topic …
Latin authors. On the other hand, the usual modern tendency to dismiss most of the writers of
the Silver Age as derivative and contrived I does little justice to the originality of many of
them, and particularly Statius, who may well have been the first to devote whole poems to
the praise of technological progress, as well as the delights of a life spent in a setting not
natural but improved by man's skill. Pliny, in his turn, successfully introduced this poetic topic …