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, Hinds Stephen
• Assisted by: D. C. Feeney (Editor), Stephen Hinds (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521571869
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57186-9
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 206 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: Roman Literature and Its Conte; Roman Literature and its Contexts
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Literary theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Egypt