Aeneas Takes the Metro: The Presence of Virgil in Twentieth-century French LiteratureThis study traces Virgil's journey through twentieth-century France by examining his profile in the works of Gide, Aragon, Valery, Pagnol, Klossowski, Butor, Simon and Pinget, and by looking at how their Virgilian appropriations complement and modify current readings of the "Aeneid" and other works. His presence in these works provides insights not only into modern French culture but into the Virgilian oeuvre itself. This process of mutual illumination is highlighted in Cox's argument by theories of intertextuality and dialogism. Although Virgil's presence in French literature is characterized by its focus on exile and uncertainty, Cox's study reaffirms the multivalency of this great European poet and his continuing relevance at the turn of the millennium. |
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... characters like Dido and Turnus , after the attempts of the various characters to change the direction of destiny . The fama of the Aeneid incorporates all these different voices from within the text as well as voices which stand ...
... characters like Dido and Turnus , after the attempts of the various characters to change the direction of destiny . The fama of the Aeneid incorporates all these different voices from within the text as well as voices which stand ...
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... characters undermines the notion of authorial omnipotence . Bakhtin's study of the novels of Dostoevsky is based upon the role of the authorial voice as character , showing how at times it is in dialogue and blending with its characters ...
... characters undermines the notion of authorial omnipotence . Bakhtin's study of the novels of Dostoevsky is based upon the role of the authorial voice as character , showing how at times it is in dialogue and blending with its characters ...
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... characters from Butor and Pinget die beneath the literary tasks that they have assumed and that they leave unfinished . Furthermore , the theories that I shall apply to Klossowski's work in particular evoke as an unattainable goal the ...
... characters from Butor and Pinget die beneath the literary tasks that they have assumed and that they leave unfinished . Furthermore , the theories that I shall apply to Klossowski's work in particular evoke as an unattainable goal the ...
Contents
Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
Copyright | |
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