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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... references Alastair Duncan perceives allusions to the Bible , classical myth and history , the visual arts , the writings of the art historian Elie Faure , the work of Valéry and Proust , a popular history of the First World War ...
... references Alastair Duncan perceives allusions to the Bible , classical myth and history , the visual arts , the writings of the art historian Elie Faure , the work of Valéry and Proust , a popular history of the First World War ...
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... references at the same time . The sack of Troy is evoked not only through the image of flames reflected on armour , but more specifically by the reference of Aeneas carrying his father through the fire to safety . The fleeing woman whom ...
... references at the same time . The sack of Troy is evoked not only through the image of flames reflected on armour , but more specifically by the reference of Aeneas carrying his father through the fire to safety . The fleeing woman whom ...
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... reference to Virgil . The cup functions as a bark into the Underworld , into the literary memories of the past , what ... references will be to this edition . for the first time in the above passage , although VIRGIL IN THE NOVELS OF ...
... reference to Virgil . The cup functions as a bark into the Underworld , into the literary memories of the past , what ... references will be to this edition . for the first time in the above passage , although VIRGIL IN THE NOVELS OF ...
Contents
Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
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