Virgil's gaze : nation and poetry in the Aeneid /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781400827688 140082768X 1282157906 9781282157903 |