Allusion and Intertext
Allusion and Intertext
$55.00
USDThe study of the deliberate allusion by one author to the words of a previous author has long been central to Latin philology. However, literary Romanists have been diffident about situating such work within the more spacious inquiries into intertextuality now current. This 1998 book represents an attempt to find (or recover) some space for the study of allusion - as a project of continuing vitality - within an excitingly enlarged universe of intertexts. It combines traditional classical approaches with modern literary-theoretical ways of thinking, and offers attentive close readings, innovative perspectives on literary history, and theoretical sophistication of argument. Like other volumes in the series it is among the most broadly conceived short books on Roman literature to be published in recent years.
- Stephen Hinds is one of the two series editors who jointly invented the series
- An innovative and subtle approach to the study of poetic allusion
- Author combines theoretical sophistication with traditional skill in analysing the texts
Reviews & endorsements
"This book is accessible, substantial, and fun." Classical World
"Stephen Hinds' Allusion and Intertext is a welcome addition to the study of intertextuality which has come to dominate work on Latin poetry." Christopher Nappa, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Product details
February 1998Hardback
9780521571869
172 pages
206 × 136 × 15 mm
0.3kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Reflexivity: allusion and self-annotation
- 2. Interpretability: beyond philological fundamentalism
- 3. Diachrony: literary history and its narratives
- 4. Repetition and change
- 5. Tradition and self-fashioning
- Bibliography
- Index.
