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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... Reader Reception theories , dialogism does not assume that either the author or reader is free to construct his or her own relation between a pattern and its distortion . It argues that the time / space relation of any particular text ...
... Reader Reception theories , dialogism does not assume that either the author or reader is free to construct his or her own relation between a pattern and its distortion . It argues that the time / space relation of any particular text ...
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... reader can choose an itinerary across America using Butor's book as a guide . Jennifer Waelti - Walters describes the characteristic progression of these later works : Ainsi , dès Degrés , apparaît une écriture mobile où la typographie ...
... reader can choose an itinerary across America using Butor's book as a guide . Jennifer Waelti - Walters describes the characteristic progression of these later works : Ainsi , dès Degrés , apparaît une écriture mobile où la typographie ...
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... reader are on this shipwreck , exiled from the site of departure and of arrival . Though they may take their place at the helm with a sense of renewal and optimism , they have no hope of success because their port lies outside the ...
... reader are on this shipwreck , exiled from the site of departure and of arrival . Though they may take their place at the helm with a sense of renewal and optimism , they have no hope of success because their port lies outside the ...
Contents
Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
Copyright | |
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