Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's Aeneid
Author:   Prof Sarah L. McCallum (Assistant Professor (Classics), Assistant Professor (Classics), Department of Religious Studies and Classics, University of Arizona)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192863003


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   21 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Prof Sarah L. McCallum (Assistant Professor (Classics), Assistant Professor (Classics), Department of Religious Studies and Classics, University of Arizona)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780192863003


ISBN 10:   0192863002
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   21 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Introduction: Vergil and Elegy in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid 1-6 1: From Caieta to Erato: Vergil's Elegiac Program (Aeneid 7.1-45) 2: Conflicting Amores: The War's Beginnings in Aeneid 7 3: Wielding Passion as Power: Venus' Manipulation of Vulcan in Aeneid 8 4: Warriors in Love: Passion and Death in the Catalogues of Aeneid 7 and 10 5: From Amor to Mors: Passion and Devastation in Aeneid 12 Epilogue: Vergil and Elegy Beyond the Aeneid Glossary: Elegiac Concepts

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McCallum is to be lauded for producing a rich and rigorous study that will inspire further examination of Vergil's engagement with elegy. * Leah O'Hearn, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *


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Sarah L. McCallum is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on Greek and Latin language and literature, particularly epic, elegiac, and pastoral poetry. She is especially interested in the complex negotiation between tradition and innovation that characterizes the development of Roman poetry in the first century BCE.

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