Dynamics Of Marginality

Liminal Characters and Marginal Groups in Neronian and Flavian Literature

Konstantinos Arampapaslis, Antony Augoustakis, Stephen Froedge, Clayton Schroer, Konstantinos Arampapaslis, Antony Augoustakis, Stephen Froedge, Clayton Schroer

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9783111064109
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

This volume explores the theme of marginality in the literature and history of the Neronian and Flavian periods. As a concept of modern criticism, the term marginality has been applied to the connection between the uprooted experience of immigrant communities and the subsequent diasporas these groups formed in their new homes. The concept also covers individuals or groups who were barred from access to resources and equal opportunities based on their deviation from a "normal" or dominant culture or ideology. From a literary vantage point, we are interested in the voices of "marginal," or underappreciated authors and critical voices. The distinction between marginalia and "the" text is often nebulous, with marginal comments making their way into the paradosis and being regarded, in modern criticism, as important sources of information in their own right. The analysis of relevant passages from various authors including Lucan, Petronius, Persius, Philo of Alexandria, Pliny the Elder, Silius Italicus, and Statius, as well as the Moretum of the Appendix Vergiliana is vital for our understanding of the treatment of marginalized people in various literary genres in relation to each one's different purposes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Marginality in Neronian and Flavian Literature
• Marginality and Philo of Alexandria
• Grafting and the Marginal in Pliny’s Natural History
• In the Realm of the Senses: Simulus’ Experience in the Moretum
• Satire from the Margins: The Periphery in Persius’ Satires
• Crime and Punishment: Law and Marginality in Petronius’ Satyrica
• Much to Do with Priapus: From Religious Margins to the Center of Petronius’ Satyrica
• Marginalizing Exemplarity? Hercules in Silius Italicus’ Punica
• Between Life and Death: Hannibal at the Center of the Margins in Silius Italicus’ Punica 17
• List of Contributors
• Bibliography
• General Index
• Index Locorum