Virgil's Gaze : Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid /

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Virgil's Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J.D. Reed argues in Virgil's Gaze, the great Roman epic satisfies this identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story of Aeneas' foundational journe...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Reed, J. D.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Aeneis (Virgil)
National characteristics, Roman, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Virgil's Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J.D. Reed argues in Virgil's Gaze, the great Roman epic satisfies this identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story of Aeneas' foundational journey from Troy to Italy, Virgil defines Roman national identity only provisionally, through oppositions to other ethnic identities--especially Trojan, Carthaginian, Italian, and Greek--oppositions that shift with the shifting perspective of the narrative. Roman identity emerges as multivalent and constantly changing.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781400827688

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