Stealing the Club from Hercules: On Imitation in Latin Poetry

Gian Biagio Conte

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2017

Stealing the Club from Hercules

On Imitation in Latin Poetry

Gian Biagio Conte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110475838

Overview
Contents

About this book

In the first part of this volume on the literary technique of imitation, the author analyses Virgil's working over the text of Homer which paradoxically represents a true act of artistic originality. In the second chapter, the author reconstructs the presuppositions of a method and explores at the same time its limitations.

Author / Editor information

Gian Biagio Conte, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.

Reviews

"The work presents a well-balanced structure and a clearly defined goal [...] the case made by this little book sheds a new light on the author’s previous scholarship on the topic, considering the developments in literary theory after the publication of his contribution in 1974. The texts that Conte uses to validate his arguments are carefully selected, and make his case cogent, not least thanks to his unrivalled philological sharpness and analytical skills."
Giulia Fanti in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.06.42

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Index Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	1
1. Stealing the club from Hercules Publicly Available Download PDF	5
2. A critical retrospective: method and its limits Publicly Available Download PDF	35

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Classical Philology and Latin Literature, esp. Virgil.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 61

eBook

Published: June 12, 2017
ISBN: 9783110475838

Hardcover

Published: June 12, 2017
ISBN: 9783110472202