Virgil's epic designs
ekphrasis in the Aeneid
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Publication
1998 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
64,250 words, Guess
Page Count
257 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL696230M
- ISBN-100300073534
- OCLC Control Number37928505
- OCLC Control Numbervirgilsepicdesig0000putn
- Library of Congress Control Number97043717
and 2 more
- LibraryThing6354360
- Goodreads1743
Classifications
- DDC873/.01
- LCCPA6825 .P844 1998
Description
This book by one of the preeminent Virgil scholars of our day is the first comprehensive study of ekphrasis in Virgil's final masterpiece, the Aeneid. Virgil uses ekphrasis - a self-contained aside that generates a pause in the narrative to describe a work of art or other object - to tell us something about the grander text in which it is embedded, says Michael C. J. Putnam. Individually and as a group, Virgil's ekphrases enrich the reader's understanding of the meaning of the epic. Putnam shows how the descriptions of works of art, and of people, places, and even animals, provide metaphors for the entire poem and reinforce its powerful ambiguities.
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