Virgil's epic designs : ekphrasis in the Aeneid / Michael C.J. Putnam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Putnam, Michael C. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virgil. Aeneis.

Virgil.

Virgil--Technique.

Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Latin.

Aeneas (Legendary character)--In literature.

Aeneas.

Description (Rhetoric)--History--To 1500.

Description (Rhetoric).

History.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Ekphrasis.

Aeneas (Legendary character).

Aeneis (Virgil).

Literature.

Technique.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 257 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"This book by one of the preeminent Virgil scholars of our day is the first comprehensive study of ekphrasis in Virgil's final masterpiece, the Aeneid. Virgil uses ekphrasis - a self-contained aside that generates a pause in the narrative to describe a work of art or other object - to tell us something about the grander text in which it is embedded, says Michael C.J. Putnam. Individually and as a group, Virgil's ekphrases enrich the reader's understanding of the meaning of the epic. Putnam shows how the descriptions of works of art, and of people, places, and even animals, provide metaphors for the entire poem and reinforce its powerful ambiguities."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Dido's murals

The cloak of Cloanthus

Daedalus' sculptures

Silvia's stag

The shield of Aeneas

The baldric of Pallas

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Putnam, Michael C.J. Virgil's epic designs

ISBN:

9780300147070

0300147074

OCLC:

861792757

Publisher Number:

10.2307/j.ctt32bnd5

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.