The poetry of pathos : studies in Virgilian epic / Gian Biagio Conte ; edited by S.J. Harrison.

Author/creator Conte, Gian Biagio, 1941-
Other author Harrison, S. J.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description250 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Contents Introduction / by Stephen Harrison -- The Virgilian paradox : an epic of drama and pathos -- Anatomy of a style : enallage and the new sublime -- Aristaeus, Orpheus, and the Georgics : once again -- The strategy of contradiction : on the dramatic form of the Aeneid -- Defensor Vergilii : Richard Heinze on Virgil's epic technique -- Towards a new exegesis of Virgil : reconsiderations and proposals -- The meeting of stylistics and textual criticism -- Proems in the middle.
General note"This volume translates the contents of Virgilio: lepica del sentimento (Turin, 2002), with the addition of Chapters 1 and 5, both published here for the first time, and Chapters 7 and 9, both previously published in Italian in G.B. Conte, Virgilio: il genere e i suoi confini (2nd edition; Milan, 1984)"--Editor's pref.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [232]-243) and indexes.
LCCN 2006038882
ISBN9780199287017 (alk. paper)
ISBN0199287015 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PA6825 .C665 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold