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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... literary and historical texts of other ancient writers , and in the mythological imaginations of ancient readers ... literary pursuits . When Alexander the Great or Pyrrhus of Epirus identified with Achilles , they did so because of ...
... literary critics and the- orists of rhetoric used a variety of expressions to convey the notion that poets and orators invoke in their audiences images of the things they de- scribe : φαντασία , εἰδωλοποιία , διατύπωσις , ἐναργεία , sub ...
... literary critics and thinkers whose fascination with this concept , as they understood it , elevated it to what might be called a regular cult of the sublime.42 In antiquity , on the other hand , the concept of the sublime played a far ...
Contents
The Aeneid and Roman Identity | 11 |
Poetry Power and the Emotions | 33 |
The Gaze | 53 |
Copyright | |
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