LEADER 03912nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910777576303321 005 20230617035124.0 010 $a0-292-79682-X 024 7 $a10.7560/706576 035 $a(CKB)1000000000457711 035 $a(OCoLC)608710705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245747 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226952 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210362 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226952 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10263604 035 $a(PQKB)10337638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443266 035 $a(OCoLC)62755927 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2182 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443266 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245747 035 $a(DE-B1597)587038 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796829 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000457711 100 $a20041130d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe primacy of vision in Virgil's Aeneid$b[electronic resource] /$fRiggs Alden Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70657-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index. 327 $aProphaenomena ad Vergilium -- Ruse and revelation : visions of the divine and the telos of narrative -- Vision past and future -- Hic amor : love, vision, and destiny -- Vision's victory and the telos of narrative -- Conclusion. 330 $aOne of the masterpieces of Latin and, indeed, world literature, Virgil's Aeneid was written during the Augustan "renaissance" of architecture, art, and literature that redefined the Roman world in the early years of the empire. This period was marked by a transition from the use of rhetoric as a means of public persuasion to the use of images to display imperial power. Taking a fresh approach to Virgil's epic poem, Riggs Alden Smith argues that the Aeneid fundamentally participates in the Augustan shift from rhetoric to imagery because it gives primacy to vision over speech as the principal means of gathering and conveying information as it recounts the heroic adventures of Aeneas, the legendary founder of Rome. Working from the theories of French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Smith characterizes Aeneas as a voyant-visible, a person who both sees and is seen and who approaches the world through the faculty of vision. Engaging in close readings of key episodes throughout the poem, Smith shows how Aeneas repeatedly acts on what he sees rather than what he hears. Smith views Aeneas' final act of slaying Turnus, a character associated with the power of oratory, as the victory of vision over rhetoric, a triumph that reflects the ascendancy of visual symbols within Augustan society. Smith's new interpretation of the predominance of vision in the Aeneid makes it plain that Virgil's epic contributes to a new visual culture and a new mythology of Imperial Rome. 606 $aAeneas (Legendary character) in literature 606 $aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism 606 $aVisual perception in literature 606 $aArt and literature$zRome 606 $aVisions in literature 606 $aVision in literature 607 $aRome$xIn literature 615 0$aAeneas (Legendary character) in literature. 615 0$aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aVisual perception in literature. 615 0$aArt and literature 615 0$aVisions in literature. 615 0$aVision in literature. 676 $a873/.01 700 $aSmith$b Alden$0965895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777576303321 996 $aThe primacy of vision in Virgil's Aeneid$93701801 997 $aUNINA