Vergil's Aeneid and the Roman Self: Subject and Nation in Literary DiscourseNow in Paper! As the most widely read Roman poem in antiquity, the Aeneid was indelibly burned into the memories of generations of Roman school children. In this book, author Yasmin Syed analyzes the formative influence the poem exerted on its broad audience of educated Romans. Syed analyzes Roman pedagogy and reading practices as well as ancient beliefs about the powerful influence of poetry. Her study considers these cultural components together with the aspects of identity that define the Aeneid’s characters. By doing so, Syed shows how Vergil’s ancient audiences saw themselves—their experiences, goals, and values—reflected in the poem and guided by it. In particular, Syed’s treatment of gender and ethnicity brings to light the key role of Vergil’s poem in the formation of Romanness. |
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... descent ( Aen . 7.367-72 ) . Her ap- peal has no effect on Latinus , but it does show that ethnic identity is a contested field for the characters of the poem , that Turnus ' ethnicity is both debatable and debated . It is ironic that ...
... descent from Aeneas symbolically here , as synonymous with " Roman . " Pater Romanus is even more vague . Is it the emperor ? Jupiter ? The sen- ate ? 35 All the term really suggests is this : Nisus and Euryalus will be famous as long ...
... descent ( " this is the sort of thing we Romans do , we open the gates of the temple of Janus to indicate we are at war , this is what makes us Roman " ) . On the other hand , some passages suggest that specific forms of Roman- ness ...
Contents
The Aeneid and Roman Identity | 11 |
Poetry Power and the Emotions | 33 |
The Gaze | 53 |
Copyright | |
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