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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... images of the Trojan War . In a lengthy ecphrasis the various images are described ( 1.456-93 ) . Again it is the gaze of Aeneas that filters the reader's view of the spectacle , and again Aeneas ' interpretation is im- posed upon the ...
... images . Let's see how the gaze of Aeneas operates when the spectacle before him is a spec- tacle of passion rather than a spectacle of Roman history . DANGEROUS IMAGES While Aeneas is waiting to be received by the Sibyl at Cumae , he ...
... images had a premonitory quality . But he also shows that there are enough stories about images with a pre- monitory force to consider Menelaus ' words as more than a literary in- vention of the author . Given the power the ancients ...
Contents
The Aeneid and Roman Identity | 11 |
Poetry Power and the Emotions | 33 |
The Gaze | 53 |
Copyright | |
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