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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... past at the same time . Furthermore the episode creates a gap in the narrative which is the past for Virgil and his readers but the future for Aeneas . The shield is an image which both contains and reflects the dynamics governing the ...
... past at the same time . Furthermore the episode creates a gap in the narrative which is the past for Virgil and his readers but the future for Aeneas . The shield is an image which both contains and reflects the dynamics governing the ...
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... past slight . Within the first five lines Virgil is illustrating how past events or past utterances are preserved in a memory where they modulate and acquire a new resonance . This is the power of Fama , who gathers up everything in her ...
... past slight . Within the first five lines Virgil is illustrating how past events or past utterances are preserved in a memory where they modulate and acquire a new resonance . This is the power of Fama , who gathers up everything in her ...
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... past . Broch's Virgil eventually recognizes that plenitude and stability of self can only be found in the Word that stands beyond earthly language and experience . That the twentieth century has been obsessed with a need to uncover a ...
... past . Broch's Virgil eventually recognizes that plenitude and stability of self can only be found in the Word that stands beyond earthly language and experience . That the twentieth century has been obsessed with a need to uncover a ...
Contents
Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
Copyright | |
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