True names : Vergil and the Alexandrian tradition of etymological wordplay / James J. O'Hara.

Author/creator O'Hara, James J., 1959-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1996.
Descriptionxvii, 320 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Virgil--Literary style.
Virgil--Knowledge. --Language and languages.
Greek poetry, Hellenistic--Egypt. --Alexandria. --History and criticism.
Latin poetry--Greek influences.
Latin language--Etymology.
Names in literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Plays on words.
Alexandria (Egypt)--Intellectual life.
Rome (Italy)--In literature.

Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and indexes.
LCCN 96004240
ISBN0472106600 (hardcover : alk. paper)