Virgil''s Eclogues and the Art of Fiction - A Study of the Poetic Imagination

A new, comprehensive study of Virgil's Eclogues that reinterprets an ancient text and genre as imaginative fiction.

List of contents

1. The 'world of the work of art': reading the Eclogue book; 2. Worlds apart: dialogue in and on the Eclogues; 3. The authors of the Eclogues; 4. Love and other problems: the limits of pastoral representation.

About the author

Raymond Kania studied Classics at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. He has taught a wide variety of courses on classical thought and literature at institutions including the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, California, where he currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship and pursues research on Greek and Roman poetry.

Summary

Virgil's Eclogues is a key text in the tradition of pastoral poetry. This book reappraises Virgil and his genre in the light of current theory on fiction to show how ancient literature can challenge the contemporary reader's imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Kania, Raymond (Stanford University Kania, Kania Raymond
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781107440210
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44021-0
• No. of pages: 183
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory