Virgil''s Ascanius - Imagining the Future in the Aeneid

Informationen zum Autor Anne Rogerson is the Charles Tesoriero Senior Lecturer in Latin at the University of Sydney. She has published numerous articles on the Aeneid and its reception, and is also a regular contributor to Richard Glover's Drive program on ABC radio, as a guest speaker and ancient world expert in the 'Self-Improvement Wednesday' series. Klappentext Offers a fresh interpretation of Virgil's Aeneid via a detailed study of its child hero, Ascanius, young son of Aeneas. Zusammenfassung This book sheds new light on Virgil's Aeneid via a detailed study of Ascanius! Aeneas' young son and ancestor of the emperor Augustus. In a work that will appeal to students of literature! history and childhood studies! Rogerson shows how the characterisation of Ascanius reflects contemporary concerns about Rome's future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The heir and the spare; 3. Old names and new; 4. Andromache and Dido; 5. Trojan games; 6. Trojan fire; 7. Protecting Ascanius; 8. Growing up; 9. Relegating Ascanius; 10. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Rogerson, Anne (University of Sydney) Rogerson, Rogerson Anne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2017
• EAN: 9781107115392
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11539-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Egypt, Literary studies: poetry and poets