Virgil's Gaze

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Virgil''s Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D. Reed argues in Virgil''s Gaze, the great Roman epic satisfies this identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story of Aeneas'' foundational journey from Troy to Italy, Virgil defines Roman national identity only provisionally, through oppositions to other e...

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Virgil''s Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D. Reed argues in Virgil''s Gaze, the great Roman epic satisfies this identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story of Aeneas'' foundational journey from Troy to Italy, Virgil defines Roman national identity only provisionally, through oppositions to other e...

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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781400827688
  • Publication Date: 9 Feb 2009
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM