Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil''s Aeneid

Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's 'Aeneid' poses new questions about Vergil's pervasive engagement with elegy, both amatory and funerary, throughout his final epic endeavor, enhancing our understanding of the complexity of the Aeneid, presenting revisionary readings of key episodes and transformative interpretations of its main characters.

List of contents

• Introduction: Vergil and Elegy in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid 1-6


• 1: From Caieta to Erato: Vergil's Elegiac Program (Aeneid 7.1-45)


• 2: Conflicting Amores: The War's Beginnings in Aeneid 7


• 3: Wielding Passion as Power: Venus' Manipulation of Vulcan in Aeneid 8


• 4: Warriors in Love: Passion and Death in the Catalogues of Aeneid 7 and 10


• 5: From Amor to Mors: Passion and Devastation in Aeneid 12


• Epilogue: Vergil and Elegy Beyond the Aeneid


• Glossary: Elegiac Concepts

About the author

Sarah L. McCallum is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on Greek and Latin language and literature, particularly epic, elegiac, and pastoral poetry. She is especially interested in the complex negotiation between tradition and innovation that characterizes the development of Roman poetry in the first century BCE.

Summary

Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's 'Aeneid' poses new questions about Vergil's pervasive engagement with elegy, both amatory and funerary, throughout his final epic endeavor, enhancing our understanding of the complexity of the Aeneid, presenting revisionary readings of key episodes and transformative interpretations of its main characters.

Product details

• Authors: Prof Sarah L. (Assistant Professor (Clas Mccallum, Prof Sarah L. (Assistant Professor (Classics) McCallum, Sarah L. McCallum
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2023
• EAN: 9780192863003
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286300-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Sagas and epics, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval