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The study of Homeric imitations in Vergil has one of the longest traditions in Western culture, starting from the very moment the Aeneid was circulated. Homeric Effects in Vergil's Narrative is the first English translation of one of the most important and influential modern studies in this tradition. In this revised and expanded edition, Alessandro Barchiesi advances innovative approaches even as he recuperates significant earlier interpretations, from Servius to G. N. Knauer. Approaching Homeric allusions in the Aeneid as "narrative effects" rather than glimpses of the creative mind of the author at work, Homeric Effects in Vergil's Narrative demonstrates how these allusions generate hesitations and questions, as well as insights and guidance, and how they participate in the creation of narrative meaning. The book also examines how layers of competing interpretations in Homer are relevant to the Aeneid , revealing again the richness of the Homeric tradition as a component of meaning in the Aeneid . Finally, Homeric Effects in Vergil's Narrative goes beyond previous studies of the Aeneid by distinguishing between two forms of Homeric intertextuality: reusing a text a

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Author

Barchiesi, Alessandro; Marchesi, Ilaria; Fox, Matt; Hardie, Philip; Barchiesi, Alessandro

Publisher

Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691176123

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Poetry, Literary Fiction, History