Virgil and Joyce : Nationalism and Imperialism in the <i>Aeneid</i> and <i>Ulysses</i> / Randall J. Pogorzelski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pogorzelski, Randall J., author.

Series:

Wisconsin studies in classics.

Wisconsin studies in classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism in literature.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses--Sources.

Joyce, James.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses--Criticism, Textual.

Virgil. Aeneis--Criticism, Textual.

Virgil.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Joyce's Ulysses is a modern version of Homer's Odyssey, but Joyce-who was a better scholar of Latin than of Greek-also was deeply influenced by the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem about the journey of Aeneas and the foundation of Rome. Joyce wrote Ulysses during the Irish War of Independence, when militants, politicians, and intellectuals were attempting to create a new Irish nation. Virgil wrote the Aeneid when, in the wake of decades of civil war, Augustus was founding what we now call the Roman Empire. Randall Pogorzelski applies modern theories of nationalism, intertextuality, and reception studies to illuminate how both writers confronted issues of nationalism, colonialism, political violence, and freedom during times of crisis.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Joyce's "Aeolus" and the Semicolonial Virgil

2. Joyce's Citizen and Virgil's Cacus

3. The Virgilian Past of Nationalism

4. Joyce's Rudy and Virgil's Marcellus

5. Virgil's Joycean Poetics

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Index Locorum.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299308032

0299308030

OCLC:

941780990