{"product_id":"lucretius-on-disease-the-poetics-of-morbidity-in-de-rerum-natura-paperback","title":"Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in \u003eDe Rerum Natura - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Kazantzidis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe standard view in scholarship is that disease in Lucretius' \u003cem\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/em\u003e is mainly a problem to be solved and then dispensed with. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, a closer reading suggests that things are more layered and complex than they appear at first sight: just as \u003cem\u003emorbus\u003c\/em\u003e causes a radical rearrangement of atoms in the body and makes the patient engage with alternative and up to that point unknown dimensions of the sensible world, so does disease as a theme generate a multiplicity of meanings in the text. The present book argues for a reconsideration of \u003cem\u003emorbus\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/em\u003e along those lines: it invites the reader to revisit the topic of disease and reflect on the various, and often contrasting, discourses that unfold around it. More specifically, it illustrates how, apart from calling for therapy, disease, due to its dominant presence in the narrative, transforms at the same time into a concept that is integral both to the poem's philosophical agenda but also to its wider aesthetic concerns as a literary product. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book thus sheds new light on \u003cem\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/em\u003e's intense preoccupation with \u003cem\u003emorbus\u003c\/em\u003e by showing how disease is not exclusively conceived by Lucretius as a blind, obliterating force but is crucially linked to life and meaning--both inside and outside the text.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Kazantzidis\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52622454096179,"sku":"9783111116648","price":35.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bUtRbG41NkFLMVk1eXpUcVp2TWxKZz09.webp?v=1761969558","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lucretius-on-disease-the-poetics-of-morbidity-in-de-rerum-natura-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}