Intertextuality and the reading of Roman poetry
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Intertextuality and the reading of Roman poetry
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-188) and indexes
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Description
How can we explain the process by which a literary text refers to another text? For the past decade and a half, intertextuality has been a central concern of scholars and readers of Roman poetry. In Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry, Lowell Edmunds proceeds from such fundamental concepts as "author," "text," and "reader," which he then applies to passages from Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Catullus. Edmunds combines close readings of poems with analysis of recent theoretical models to argue that allusion has no linguistic or semiotic basis: there is nothing in addition to the alluding words that causes the allusion or the reference to be made. Intertextuality is a matter of reading.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Text
Chapter 2. Poet
Chapter 3. Reader
Chapter 4. Persona
Chapter 5. Addressee: A Dialogue
Chapter 6. Possible Worlds
Chapter 7. Reading in Rome, First Century B.C.E.
Chapter 8. Intertextuality: Terms and Theory
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index of Ancient Citations
General Index
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