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Canidia, Rome’s First Witch

Autor Professor Maxwell Teitel Paule
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 feb 2017
Canidia is one of the most well-attested witches in Latin literature. She appears in no fewer than six of Horace's poems, three of which she has a prominent role in. Throughout Horace's Epodes and Satires she perpetrates acts of grave desecration, kidnapping, murder, magical torture and poisoning. She invades the gardens of Horace's literary patron Maecenas, rips apart a lamb with her teeth, starves a Roman child to death, and threatens to unnaturally prolong Horace's life to keep him in a state of perpetual torment. She can be seen as an anti-muse: Horace repeatedly sets her in opposition to his literary patron, casts her as the personification of his iambic poetry, and gives her the surprising honor of concluding not only his Epodes but also his second book of Satires. This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of Canidia. It offers translations of each of the three poems which feature Canidia as a main character as well as the relevant portions from the other three poems in which Canidia plays a minor role. These translations are accompanied by extensive analysis of Canidia's part in each piece that takes into account not only the poems' literary contexts but their magico-religious details.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350003880
ISBN-10: 1350003883
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: 4 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Offers a fuller understanding of the poet Horace and especially the particular poems in which Canidia appears

Notă biografică

Maxwell Teitel Paule is Assistant Professor of Ancient and Classical Studies at Earlham College, USA.

Cuprins

1: Canidia, or What is a Witch? (a) Introduction(b) The Historical Canidia(c) The Problem with Witches(i) What qualifies as a saga?(ii) The Witches Meroe and Canidia(d) Conclusions2: Satire 1.8: Canidia in the Gardens of Maecenas(a) Translation and Text(b) Introduction(c) A Statue in the Garden, a Witch in the Graveyard(i) Canidia's Invasion of the Satiric Garden(d) Integrating the Intruder(i) Elements of Vergil, Elements of Theocritus(ii) Elements of Homer(iii)Elements of Horace(e) Priapus Flaccus and the Inversion of the Iambographic Tradition(i) Satirizing Callimachus' Iambi(f) Conclusions3: Hag and Snatcher: Canidia as Child-Killing Demon in Epode 5(a) Translation and Text(b) Introduction(c) Canidia as Child-Killing Demon(i) Three Child-Killing Demons1. Lilith2. The Strix3. Lamia(ii) Canidia's Demonic Traits(d) Canidia and the Puer - Epode 5 as Response to Vergil's Eclogue 4(i) Epode 5 as Commentary on Civil War1. Thyestean Oaths2. A Feast for Dogs and Birds(e) Conclusions4: Routing the Empusa: The Iambic Canidia of Epode 17(a) Translation and Text(b) Introduction(c) Sorry/Not Sorry: Horace's (Not So Apologetic) Apology(d) Canidia the Empusa(e) Canidia and the Epodes (f) Canidia the Anti-Muse(g) Conclusions5: Venefica Minor: Canidia in Epode 3, Satire 2.1 and 2.8 (a) Canidia the Lesser(i) Epode 3.1-14(ii) Satire 2.1.47-53(iii)Satire 2.8.90-95(b) Final RemarksBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

In seeking to understand this literary figure on her own terms in each of her major appearances, Paule strengthens our understanding of Horace's poetic intent and enriches our appreciation of the complexity of the poet's engagement with witches and demonic figures. Paule's prose style is clear and strives to engage the reader. The combination of clarity and insightful analysis in this monograph makes the positions offered engaging.
The discussions of individual poems are unfailingly rich ... Paule's book provides the perfect complement to ... broad-ranging diachronic surveys, focusing in on one witch, one poetic corpus, and engaging in close reading.
[The book] offers an original insight not only into the literary figure of Canidia, but also into the poems in which she features and their interpretation. [Paule] is, therefore, to be congratulated on this stimulating volume, which is also commendable for the careful signposting and the clear style that make this study accessible to a wide variety of readers, from experienced scholars of Horace to those with little or no prior background knowledge.
Students of Horatian poetry are likely to be Paule's primary audience, but those interested in the poetic potential of characters that might deceptively strike as flat or "stock" will find much of value here, as will those occupied with witch figures in literature more generally. The strengths of Paule's discussion lie in is ability to identify insightful poetic allusions and connections internal and external to Horace's poetry.
The book shows the character's plural and moving character ... [It] is very accessible, including for students. Accessibility is facilitated by clear and summarized remarks at each end of the chapter.
In this excellent in-depth literary study, Maxwell Teitel Paule persuasively shows how Horace uses the malleable demonic figure of Canidia in different roles to serve his own changing poetic needs.
In this fascinating book Paule investigates Canidia as the prototypical witch, a demonic entity provided with an incredible variety of features. Through his insightful analysis he suggests new interpretations for Horace's poetry.