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Author McGill, Scott, 1968-

Title Virgil recomposed : the mythological and secular centos in antiquity
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series American classical studies ; 48
American classical studies ; 48.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Text Editions Used -- Introduction -- 1. Playing with Poetry: Writing and Reading the Virgilian Centos -- 2. Tragic Virgil: The Medea -- 3. Virgil and the Everyday: The De Panificio and De Alea -- 4. Omnia Iam Vulgata? Approaches to the Mythological Centos -- 5. Weddings, Sex, and ''Virgil the Maiden'': The Cento Nuptialis and the Epithalamium Fridi -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Texts of the Mythological and Secular Centos -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V
Summary The Virgilian centos anticipate the avante-garde and smash the image of a staid, sober and centered classical world. This text examines the 12 mythological and secular Virgilian centos that survive from antiquity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Virgil -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
Virgil -- Parodies, imitations, etc. -- History and criticism
Virgil -- Appreciation -- Rome
Virgil
Epic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
Centos -- History and criticism
Mythology, Roman, in literature.
Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Art appreciation
Centos
Epic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations
Literature -- Adaptations
Mythology, Roman, in literature
Parodies
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1602565201
9781602565203
9780199789337
0199789339
9780195175646
0195175646