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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... indicates the duality of Fama , her powers of destruction as well as of creation , a point indicated in his depiction of her as the quickest of all evils ( Aen . 4. 174 ) . Although Aragon lauds the possibility of sending and amplifying ...
... indicates the duality of Fama , her powers of destruction as well as of creation , a point indicated in his depiction of her as the quickest of all evils ( Aen . 4. 174 ) . Although Aragon lauds the possibility of sending and amplifying ...
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... indicated the help- lessness of the Trojans , their status as playthings of fate , subject to the divine decree of the ... indicates Virgil's future in the nouveau roman as it highlights modernist preoccupations with 14 Foucault , ' Les ...
... indicated the help- lessness of the Trojans , their status as playthings of fate , subject to the divine decree of the ... indicates Virgil's future in the nouveau roman as it highlights modernist preoccupations with 14 Foucault , ' Les ...
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... indicates a Virgilian intertext and yet critics . have struggled to identify distinct Virgilian echoes beyond a ... indicate Virgil's inability to provide meaning for the modern world . 18 Pierre Schoentjes argues that Simon equates the ...
... indicates a Virgilian intertext and yet critics . have struggled to identify distinct Virgilian echoes beyond a ... indicate Virgil's inability to provide meaning for the modern world . 18 Pierre Schoentjes argues that Simon equates the ...
Contents
Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
Copyright | |
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