Contexts of war : manipulation of genre in Virgilian battle narrative / Andreola Rossi.
2004
PA6825 .R67 2004 (Mapit)
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Contexts of war : manipulation of genre in Virgilian battle narrative / Andreola Rossi.
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0472113593 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780472113590 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780472113590 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
Publication Details
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004.
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English
Description
vi, 223 pages ; 24 cm
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PA6825 .R67 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
883/.01
Summary
"In Contexts of War, Andreola Rossi takes a fresh look at the battle narrative of the Aeneid and devotes specific attention to the ways in which the narrator constantly manipulates the epic imagery of war by assimilating the narrative conventions of other literary genres, namely historiography and, indirectly, tragedy. Moving beyond the usual pairing of Homer and Virgil, Iliad and Aeneid, Rossi refutes the notion that Homer is the only code model for the latter, and demonstrates that the Virgilian battle narrative presents a complex generic structure."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
The fall of Troy
Aeneid
Epic landscapes of war
Epic contest and the ideology of war
Times of war
Witnessing the past
Spectators and spectacle
City identity in the Aeneid.
Aeneid
Epic landscapes of war
Epic contest and the ideology of war
Times of war
Witnessing the past
Spectators and spectacle
City identity in the Aeneid.