Allusion and Intertext - Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry

List of contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Reflexivity: allusion and self-annotation; 2. Interpretability: beyond philological fundamentalism; 3. Diachrony: literary history and its narratives; 4. Repetition and change; 5. Tradition and self-fashioning; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This fascinating 1998 book examines how the poets of classical Rome found artistic inspiration in the words and themes of their poetic predecessors. It combines traditional classical approaches with modern literary-theoretical devices.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Hinds
• Assisted by: D. C. Feeney (Editor), Stephen Hinds (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2011
• EAN: 9780521571869
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57186-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 209 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 283 g
• Series: Roman Literature and Its Conte
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies