Song exchange in Roman pastoral / by Evangelos Karakasis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karakasis, Evangelos.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 5.

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Pastoral poetry, Latin.

Pastoral poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Pastoral poetry, Greek.

Virgil. Bucolica.

Virgil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agonistic or friendly song exchange in idyllic settings forms the very heart of Roman pastoral. It is also a key means of metapoetic stance-taking on the part of the long line of authors who have cultivated this "traditional" genre. The present book examines the motif of song exchange in Roman bucolic poetry under this double aspect: as a central theme with established or constantly forming sub-themes and paraphernalia (thus providing a comprehensive listing, description and analysis of such scenes in the totality of Roman literature), and as the locus where, thanks to its very traditionality, innovative generic tendencies are most easily expressed. Starting from Vergil, and continuing with Calpurnius Siculus, the Einsiedeln Eclogues and Nemesianus, the book focuses on how politics, panegyric, elegy, heroic and didactic poetry function as guest genres within the pastoral host genre, by tracing in detail the evolution of a wide variety of literary, linguistic, stylistic and metrical features.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Corydon vs. Thyrsis in the Seventh Eclogue: Why Not a Draw?

Generic Issues in Vergilian Pastoral Again: The Third Eclogue

The Poetics of Recusatio: The Eighth Eclogue

Reviving Pastoral: Vergil and his Fifth Bucolic

Memory Destroyed: A Reading of the Ninth Eclogue

Pastoral Hybridism: Poetics of Meta-language in Calpurnius Siculus' Amoebaean Songs - Calp. 2

Pastoral Backgrounds - 'Unpastoral' Foregrounds: The Fourth Calpurnian Eclogue

Epic Excellence in Pastoral: A Reading of the First Einsiedeln Eclogue

Elegiac vs. Pastoral Again: Reading the Second Eclogue of Nemesianus'

The Rematch: Reading Nemesianus' Fourth Eclogue

Bibliography

General Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613165145

9781283165143

1283165147

9783110227079

311022707X

OCLC:

753970340