W. R. Johnson
Momentary Monsters: Lucan and His Heroes.
Cornell University Press, 1987. Cornell Classical Studies in Philology, Volume XLVII. First edition. 080142030X xiii/145 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 9", is bound in mauve cloth, with black lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket displays light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"The book is a lively and provocative reading of the Roman poet Lucan (A.D. 39-65) which casts new light on the "Pharsalia," his epic poem and only surviving work. The distinguished classicist W. R. Johnson demonstrates both the need to understand Lucan's epic on its own terms and the injustice of dismissing it as an inferior version of the "Aeneid."