Roman Epic: An Interpretative IntroductionThe author's approach to Roman epic is interpretative; the reader is invited to study a choice of typical texts, from the beginnings to the end of Antiquity. Famous poets are given the attention they deserve, but also some minor authors are discovered as precious 'missing links' between the ages. Special heed is paid to intertextual relationships between different epochs, cultures, literary genres, linguistic and literary patterns. The book is meant for students and teachers of classical and modern literatures, but also for all those interested in the history of literary genres and cultural ideas. |
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Inuentio The Rediscovery of | 33 |
Cultures A Hellenistic Poet in an Archaic Society | 63 |
the Odyssey as Subtexts to the Proem of the Aeneid | 75 |
Elocutio and Defamiliarization | 209 |
Death and Poetic Survival | 217 |
The Revival of Epic through Science | 227 |
The Futility of Rhetoric Achilles under the Spell | 277 |
Poetic Rhetoric and Intertextuality Proserpinas | 317 |
Transformation of Epic Imagery | 329 |
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Periodicals and Standard Works | 361 |
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Achilles action Aeneas Aeneid alliteration appears aspects becomes beginning Book called chapter character Classical compared consider context contrast death described Dido divine elements emotional Ennius epic especially example expression eyes fact final future give given goddess gods Greek hand helps heroes historical Homer human idea Iliad important intertextuality introduction invention Italy Jupiter language later Latin less literary literature Livius look Lucan means mentioned Metamorphoses myth Naevius narrative nature observed Odyssey Ovid Ovid's paragraph parallel passage perfect poet poetic poetry position present quoted reader reading reference reflects rhetoric role Roman Rome scene seems sense sentence shows Silius simile speech story stress structure style tenses theme thought tradition Translation turn Valerius Venus Virgil