Speaking Volumes : Narrative and Intertext in Ovid and Other Latin Poets Paperback / softback
by Alessandro Barchiesi
Part of the Duckworth Classical Essays series
Paperback / softback
Description
In a poem written in exile, Ovid pictures his latest book in conversation with his previous volumes, united in the bookcase containing his collected works back in Rome.
One can imagine their dialogue - in the protected space of the whispering bookcase - as loaded with allusion and intertextuality. "Speaking Volumes", a collection of essays by the classicist Alessandro Barchiesi examines Ovid and his 'rationalistic art of illusion' along with intertextuality in Latin literature more generally, and in the wider context of the Graeco-Roman tradition.
Professor Barchiesi provides perspectives on the literary selfconsciousness of the Latin poets, the allusive density of their texts, and the conflict between poetry and power in the Augustan age.
The conflict between classicists and the texts they comment on, argue over and theorise about is also examined.
Among the recurring topics in this book are the impact of intertextuality on the form of epic and epistle, the strategic significance of allusive poetics in a political context, and the importance of reading and interpretation as poetic themes.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/09/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780715630273
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/09/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780715630273
