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Book SynopsisWalking through Elysium traces Vergil's influence on literary representations of underworlds, souls, afterlives, prophecies, journeys, and spaces, from sacred and profane to wild and civilized.
Trade Review"Walking through Elysium deserves the attention of anyone interested in the splendor of Vergil’s achievement in what some consider to be his finest product…The editors and their colleagues have succeeded in continuing the endless and enthralling walk of explicating Aeneid 6 with admirable vigor and welcome lucidity." -- Lee Fratantuono, Maynooth University *
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: Bill Gladhill, McGill University, and Micah Myers, Kenyon College 1. Into the Woods Alessandro Barchiesi, New York University 2. Statius’ Walking in Vergil’s Footsteps Emily Pillinger, King’s College London 3. The Sibyl’s Cave and Visions of the Future Maggie Kilgour, McGill University 4. Exploring the Forests of Antiquity: The Golden Bough in Early Modern Literature Matteo Soranzo, McGill University 5. Aeneas’ Steps Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 6. Vergil’s Underworld and the Afterlife of Love Poets Micah Y. Myers, Kenyon College 7. Vergilian Underworlds in Ovid Alison Keith, University of Toronto 8. Mortem aliquid ultra est: Vergil’s Underworld in Senecan Tragedy Bill Gladhill, McGill University 9. Servius on Sinners and Punishments in Vergil’s Underworld Fabio Stok, University of Rome Tor Vergata 10. Paradise and Performance in Vergil’s Underworld and Horace’s Carmen Saeculare Lauren Curtis, Bard College 11. Why isn’t Homer in Virgil’s Underworld? – and Other Notable Absences Emily Gowers, University of Cambridge 12. The Silence of Aeneid 6 in Augustine’s Confessions Jacob L. Mackey, Occidental College 13. Spiritualism as Textual Practice Grant Parker, Stanford University
