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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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American classical studies ; 48 |
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American classical studies ; 48.
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| 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
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Virgil -- Parodies, imitations, etc. -- History and criticism
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Virgil -- Appreciation -- Rome
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Virgil |
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Epic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
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Centos -- History and criticism
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Mythology, Roman, in literature.
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Art appreciation
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Centos
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Epic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations
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Literature -- Adaptations
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Mythology, Roman, in literature
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Parodies
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1602565201 |
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9781602565203 |
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9780199789337 |
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0199789339 |
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9780195175646 |
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0195175646 |
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