{"product_id":"ambiguities-of-war-a-narratological-commentary-on-silius-italicus-battle-of-ticinus-sil-4-1-479-9789004522664","title":"Ambiguities of War: A Narratological Commentary on Silius Italicus’ Battle of Ticinus (Sil. 4.1-479)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Narratological Commentary on Silius’ Battle of Ticinus lays bare the narrative form of the text by addressing numerous narratological aspects, including plot-development, focalization, space, and intertextuality. The book also focuses on the phenomenon of ambiguity with its dynamic processes of (un-)strategic production, perception, and resolution. Ambiguity is a central feature of the Punica because of the epic’s constant oscillation between fact and fiction: it treats the changing fortunes of war and the tension between Rome and Carthage, which Silius translates into a moment of poetical equilibrium by his paradoxical problematization of triumph in defeat and defeat through triumph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    1 Premises, Objectives, Goals    2 Approaches and Methods    3 Ambiguity    4 The Structure of Book 4    5 Conceptual Structure: How to Use This Commentary    Commentary    1 Scene 1: 1–55 Ausonia before the Outbreak of the Battles    2 Summary of 56–479: The Battle of Ticinus    3 Scene 2: 56–142 The First Encounter of the Armies    4 Scene 3: 143–188 The Attack of the Boians    5 Scene 4: 189–247 The Roman Counterattack    6 Scene 5: 248–310 Single Combat between the Consul and Crixus    7 Scene 6: 311–354 The Attack of the Carthaginians    8 Scene 7: 355–400 The Combat between Two Sets of Triplets    9 Scene 8: 401–479 The Consul Scipio in Trouble and his Rescue    Glossary  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210851410263,"sku":"9789004522664","price":166.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ambiguities-of-war-a-narratological-commentary-on-silius-italicus-battle-of-ticinus-sil-4-1-479-9789004522664","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}