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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... sing ' and in the sense in which people want me to say it they weren't singing at all . When I say ' I sing ' I use the word in the same way as Virgil did . Arma virumque cano ... ' I sing of arms and the man ' : so begins the Aeneid ...
... sing ' and in the sense in which people want me to say it they weren't singing at all . When I say ' I sing ' I use the word in the same way as Virgil did . Arma virumque cano ... ' I sing of arms and the man ' : so begins the Aeneid ...
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... sing . ] Aragon's dream was to create a poetry that would multiply and sweep across France , urging on the bark of his nation towards a new era of peace . His articulation of this dream constitutes an optimistic version of the Virgilian ...
... sing . ] Aragon's dream was to create a poetry that would multiply and sweep across France , urging on the bark of his nation towards a new era of peace . His articulation of this dream constitutes an optimistic version of the Virgilian ...
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... sing as well , sing in unison , a song 26 André Gide , Journal 1939–1949 ( Paris : Gallimard , Pléiade edn . , 1954 ) , 337 . where the only difference in timbre would stem from the THE FRENCH BUCOLIASTS 93.
... sing as well , sing in unison , a song 26 André Gide , Journal 1939–1949 ( Paris : Gallimard , Pléiade edn . , 1954 ) , 337 . where the only difference in timbre would stem from the THE FRENCH BUCOLIASTS 93.
Contents
Intertextual Virgil | 16 |
French Virgilian Criticism and the Importance of Broch | 29 |
Songs of War | 57 |
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