1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464825003321

Autore

Papaioannou Sophia

Titolo

Epic succession and dissension [[electronic resource] ] : Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-14.582, and the reinvention of the Aeneid / / by Sophia Papaioannou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2005

ISBN

3-11-089901-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; ; 73

Disciplina

871

Soggetti

Latin literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Summary of the 'little Aeneid' (Ovid, Met. 13.623-14.582) -- Chapter One Aeneads and Aniads: Offering Politics and the Politics of Offering, or Narrative Discourse on Anius' Crater (Met. 13.681-701) -- Chapter Two Immortality and Mutability: The Sibyl and the Power of Poetic Memory -- Chapter Three Centralizing the Marginal: The Anamorphosis of Achaemenides -- Chapter Four Marginalizing the Central: Macareus' Anamnesis -- Chapter Five Experimentation on a Narrative Chain I: Poetology, Epic Definition, and the Near-Swans of Diomedes -- Chapter Six Experimentation on a Narrative Chain II: Vergilian Ships and Ovidian Nymphs, and a Play of Literary Identities -- Chapter Seven Epic Conclusion and Epic Closure: The Fall of Ardea -- Bibliography -- Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

Hiermit liegt die erste ausführliche, neuzeitliche und kritische Analyse von Ovids Metamorphosen 13.623-14.582 vor. Ovid setzte hier neue Maßstäbe in Bezug auf epische Poesie und die Art ihrer Rezeption. Zunächst wird die methodologische Komplexität von Ovids 'Umarmungsstrategie' vorgestellt, daran anschließend diskutiert Papaioannou in einer genauen Untersuchung der 'kleinen Aeneis' das dichte Netz von Anspielungen auf das Original, legt die Struktur und die Themen jeder Episode aus und zeigt prominente Motive in den Metamorphosen auf. Nicht zuletzt werden die poetischen Techniken



der Metamorphosen erkundet, wobei Papaioannou argumentiert, Ovid reproduziere den Geist und die Grundzüge des Originals durch seine selektive Einbettung der Aeneis auf sehr durchdachte, idiosynkratische Weise.

This study constitutes the first modern book-length, in-depth critical analysis of Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-14.582. In this unit Ovid, by challenging openly the artistry of his great predecessor Vergil, redraws the parameters associated with the definition and appreciation of epic poetry. The book first introduces the methodological complexity of the Ovidian embrace strategy, and, subsequently, it reads the 'little Aeneid' closely, discussing the network of allusions to its prototype. It assesses the structure and thematics of each episode in the cluster, and traces the recurrence of prominent motifs throughout the Metamorphoses. Not least, it explores poetics, arguing that Ovid's selective incorporation of the Aeneid reproduces the spirit and fundamental ideas of the model in an idiosyncratic sophisticated manner.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148959003321

Autore

Fraser George MacDonald

Titolo

Flashman and the Tiger (The Flashman Papers, Book 12)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

HarperCollins UK

ISBN

0-00-759355-4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century, despite trying his utmost to escape them all.In addition to the other famous adventures come three episodes in the



career of this eminent if disreputable adventurer.Plumbing the depths of dishonour, Flashman's upto his old tricks again. Whether embroiled in aplot to assassinate Emperor Franz-Josef, saving thePrince of Wales from scandal, or being chased by ahorde of Zulus, Harry Flashman never disappoints.