{"product_id":"9781350377547","title":"Arms and the Many Multiplicity in Lucan’s Bellum Civile","description":"\u003ch1\u003eArms and the Many\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMultiplicity in Lucan’s Bellum Civile\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHannah-Marie Chidwick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Ancient \/ Rome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking at its centre Lucan's violent and subversive military epic on the Roman Civil War, this volume responds to an emergent interest in approaching ancient war narratives with critical theory and modern war studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannah-Marie Chidwick makes the case for the literary-critical suitability of using multiplicity to frame war narratives, a connection already made in philosophy, politics and critical war studies but markedly absent from the study of Roman war literature. She demonstrates how new perspectives can be gained by using diverse theoretical approaches to ancient texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucan's \u003ci\u003eBellum Civile\u003c\/i\u003e exemplarily portrays its characters and contents, above all the fighting body, as being simultaneously one-and-many. In the context of civil conflict the boundaries between soldier and civilian, violence and peace, war and diplomacy, are devastatingly distorted. \u003ci\u003eArms and the Many\u003c\/i\u003e pioneers multiplicity as a reading practice: approaching a text informed by the ideas latent in multiplicity can reveal how Lucan's poetry exposes the fragility and ferocity of the human body in conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHannah-Marie Chidwick\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Bristol, UK. She is editor of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body of the Combatant in the Ancient Mediterranean \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e2022).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350377547\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976133894284,"sku":"9781350377547","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5cf509c9-9864-4f55-b3a1-fb73ada8252f.jpg?v=1787714738","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350377547","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}