Memory in Vergil's Aeneid: Creating the Past

ISBN-13: 9781107031807 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str.

Aaron M Seider

Opis

Investigates the themes of recollection and commemoration in a new reading that engages with critical work on memory.

Recenzje

'Seider's book is a welcome addition to the recent scholarly work on the Aeneid and makes a convincing case for the importance of analyzing the concept of memory as shaping history and identity in the poem … If the reviewer may appear to have more questions than answers, it is thanks to the rich and stimulating discussions found throughout the book. Seider's work tackles a fruitful line of inquity that will surely stimulate more research on the problem of memory and identity in Roman literature.' Vassiliki Panoussi, New England Classical Journal

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Turning toward Rome; 2. The challenge of Troy; 3. A personal affair: memories of Dido; 4. The narrator's song; 5. Imperatives of memory: foundation and fury in Aeneid 12; Conclusion.