Contexts of war : manipulation of genre in Virgilian battle narrative / Andreola Rossi.
Rossi, Andreola, 1963-
2004
PA6825 .R67 2004 (Mapit)
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Title Contexts of war : manipulation of genre in Virgilian battle narrative / Andreola Rossi.
Author Rossi, Andreola, 1963-
ISBN 0472113593 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780472113590 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
Imprint Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004.
Language English
Description vi, 223 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and indexes.
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