Virgil recomposed
Subtitle: the mythological and secular centos in antiquity
By: Scott McGill.
Series: American classical studies ;; no. 48
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Virgil -- Adaptations -- History and criticism; Virgil -- Parodies, imitations, etc. -- History and criticism; Virgil -- Appreciaton -- Rome; Epic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations -- History and criticism; Centos -- History and criticism; Mythology, Roman, in literature
Description: "The Virgilian centos anticipate the avant-garde and undermine the image of a staid, sober, and centered classical world. This book examines the twelve mythological and secular Virgilian centos that survive from antiquity. The centos, in which authors take nonconsecutive lines or segments of lines from the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid and reconnect them to produce new poems, have received limited attention. No other book-length study exists of all the centos, which date from ca. 200 to ca. 530"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.