Vergil's Aeneid and the Roman Self
Subtitle: Subject and Nation in Literary Discourse
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: December 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780472114320
Subjects: Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Epic poetry, Latin; Ancient - General; Poetry; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Latin; History: World; Ancient Rome; Europe; European - General; Ancient and Classical; Poetry / General; Aeneis; Virgil; Ancient - Rome; Aeneas (Legendary character) i; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature; History and criticism
First sentence: If there is any literary work that embodied and defined a cultural identity for the readers of its time, it is Vergil's Aeneid.