Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten
The Poetics and Politics of Space in the Aeneid
Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten
Reihe: Roman Literature and its Contexts
ISBN: 978-0-521-82398-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This is an exploration of how the spatial dimension of the Aeneid is enriched by history, memory, and prophecy. As the travel of Aeneas moves on through the Mediterranean, space is turning into place, and place is turning into a Romanized map of the world. Alessandro Barchiesi brings to bear on the poetry of Virgil issues that are central to historical studies, such as colonization, imperialism, exile, conquest, diaspora, ethnicity, and deportation. He clarifies a number of connections between space, geography, and historical memory, revealing the significance of landscapes and seascapes in the light of a poetics of empire. He further investigates the political significance of contact zones, the recurring role of cult and religion, and the function of intertextuality in the construction of space. The book encourages dialogue between ancient studies and ecocriticism and provides a case study of how poetry interacts with Roman ideologies of empire.
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1. Colonial readings in Virgilian geopoetics: the Trojans at Buthrotum; 2. Mobility and religion in the Aeneid; 3. Immovable Delos; 4. The networks at Castrum Mineruae; 5. Doomscrolling at Segesta: allusions to Lycophron in the Aeneid; 6. The statue of Athena at Troy and Carthage; 7. A night in Cyprus, between Carthage and Alexandria; 8. Aeneas in Campania (in the wake of Naevius); 9. Cumae: ancient and modern underworld; 10. Parthenope and Caieta: Virgil's central fold and Lycophron's middle; 11. Boundaries: Dividing lines, imperial horizons; 12. The big picture.
