UID:
almahu_9947414941802882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 229 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139382847 (ebook)
Content:
Tracing the path from Troy's destruction to Rome's foundation, the Aeneid explores the transition between past and future. As the Trojans struggle to found a new city and the narrator sings of his audience's often-painful history, memory becomes intertwined with a crucial leitmotif: the challenge of being part of a group that survives violence and destruction only to face the daunting task of remembering what was lost. This book offers a new reading of the Aeneid that engages with critical work on memory and questions the prevailing view that Aeneas must forget his disastrous history in order to escape from a cycle of loss. Considering crucial scenes such as Aeneas' reconstruction of Celaeno's prophecy and his slaying of Turnus, this book demonstrates that memory in the Aeneid is a reconstructive and dynamic process, one that offers a social and narrative mechanism for integrating a traumatic past with an uncertain future.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Turning toward rome -- The challenge of Troy -- A personal affair: memories of Dido -- The narrator's song -- Imperatives of memory: foundation and fury in Aeneid.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107031807
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139382847
