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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... poet par excellence of the French Resistance . Malcolm Cowley observes : ' Together the six books are a record of the wartime emotions of French soldiers and civilians - and of all those in Allied countries who were committed to the war ...
... poet par excellence of the French Resistance . Malcolm Cowley observes : ' Together the six books are a record of the wartime emotions of French soldiers and civilians - and of all those in Allied countries who were committed to the war ...
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... poet opens himself up to nature through his song but at the same time is himself enchanting nature . Pushed to the extreme this symbiosis promises heightened moments when everything the poet , animals , flora - exists in absolute ...
... poet opens himself up to nature through his song but at the same time is himself enchanting nature . Pushed to the extreme this symbiosis promises heightened moments when everything the poet , animals , flora - exists in absolute ...
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... poet of loss who evokes nostalgia for an age gone by , who calls up shades from the past in order to show how substanceless and irrecuperable they are . Jean Giono , another Provençal writer , casts his Virgil in a similar role . In ...
... poet of loss who evokes nostalgia for an age gone by , who calls up shades from the past in order to show how substanceless and irrecuperable they are . Jean Giono , another Provençal writer , casts his Virgil in a similar role . In ...
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Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
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