Description
Book SynopsisThis volume contains a collection of papers by an international team of scholars covering the subject of literary character in Roman poetry. The list of authors discussed in the book includes the most prominent poets of Augustan and Imperial period like Horace, Vergil, Propertius, Ovid, Lucan and an epigrammatist of the 6th century A.D., Maximianus Etruscus. Problems treated vary from theoretical through poetical to historical questions. Different points of view presented in the book give a deep insight into modern discussion on both theory and practice of literary character in ancient Roman literary tradition.
Table of ContentsContents: Paolo Fedeli: Orazio,
Carm. 4.2 e il conflitto dei generi poetici – Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska: Gaius Cornelius Gallus come personaggio letterario – Jakub Pigoń: Camilla and Asbyte: Two Female Warriors in Roman Epic – Theodora Chrysostomou: Die Selbstinterpretation des Dichters bei Tibull – Krzysztof Rzepkowski: Il personaggio della
lena nella commedia e nella poesia romana – Mariusz Zagórski: Lovers in Dialogue: Roman Elegy and the Bakhtinian Concept of Character – Maria Grazia Iodice: Figure paterne nei primi due libri delle
Metamorfosi di Ovidio – Elżbieta Wesołowska: Ariadne, Medea, and Gratitude. Some Remarks – Aldo Luisi: Livia cantata da Ovidio tra realtà e finzione letteraria.
