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The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius

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Editors:
Stuart Gillespie, University of Glasgow
Philip Hardie, University of Cambridge

Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie, James Warren, Dirk Obbink, Alessandro Schiesaro, Monica Gale, Joseph Farrell, E. J. Kenney, Monte Johnson, Catherine Wilson, Reid Barbour, James Porter, Yasmin Haskell, Michael Reeve, Valentina Prosperi, Philip Ford, David Hopkins, Eric Baker, Martin Priestman, Donald Mackenzie

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Date Published: October 2007
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521612661

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Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this 2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature, philosophy and science discuss the poem in its ancient contexts and in its reception both as a literary text and as a vehicle for progressive ideas. The Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Lucretius, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of classical antiquity and its reception. It is completely accessible to the reader who has only read Lucretius in translation.
- Comprehensive introduction to Lucretius and his poem, the De rerum natura
- Provides much greater coverage than is usual of its reception as a literary text and as a vehicle for progressive ideas
- Contains contributions from scholars in classics, modern literature, the history of science and philosophy
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'… one of the most innovative and most successful volumes in a highly successful series, an essential work of reference that could help determine the future direction of Lucretian studies…' Translation and Literature

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Product details
- Date Published: October 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521612661
- length: 384 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 162 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.61kg
- contains: 15 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Stuart Gillespie and Philip Hardie
Part I. Antiquity:
1. Lucretius and Greek philosophy James Warren
2. Lucretius and the Herculaneum library Dirk Obbink
3. Lucretius and Roman politics and history Alessandro Schiesaro
4. Lucretius and previous poetic traditions Monica Gale
5. Lucretian architecture: the structure and argument of the De rerum natura Joseph Farrell
6. Lucretian texture: style, metre and rhetoric in the De rerum natura E. J. Kenney
7. Lucretius and later Latin literature in antiquity Philip Hardie
Part II. Themes:
8. Lucretius and modern science Monte Johnson and Catherine Wilson
9. Moral and political philosophy: readings of Lucretius from Virgil to Voltaire Reid Barbour
10. Lucretius and the sublime James Porter
11. Religion and enlightenment in the neo-Latin reception of Lucretius Yasmin Haskell
Part III. Reception:
12. Lucretius in the middle ages Michael Reeve
13. Lucretius in the Italian Renaissance Valentina Prosperi
14. Lucretius in early modern France Philip Ford
15. Lucretius in the English Renaissance Stuart Gillespie
16. The English voices of Lucretius from John Evelyn to John Mason Good David Hopkins
17. Lucretius in the European Enlightenment Eric Baker
18. Lucretius in Romantic and Victorian Britain Martin Priestman
19. Lucretius and the moderns Stuart Gillespie and Donald Mackenzie.
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Editors
Stuart Gillespie, University of Glasgow
Stuart Gillespie is Reader in English Literature at the University of Glasgow.
Philip Hardie, University of Cambridge
Philip Hardie is Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Contributors
Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie, James Warren, Dirk Obbink, Alessandro Schiesaro, Monica Gale, Joseph Farrell, E. J. Kenney, Monte Johnson, Catherine Wilson, Reid Barbour, James Porter, Yasmin Haskell, Michael Reeve, Valentina Prosperi, Philip Ford, David Hopkins, Eric Baker, Martin Priestman, Donald Mackenzie