Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture

by Prudence J. Jones

Book Overview

Reading Rivers is the first book in a new series: Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Author Prudence Jones examines rivers as a literary phenomenon, particularly in the poetry of Vergil. The point of such an investigation is twofold: an examination of Vergil's poetry elucidates particularly clearly a point about rivers: that their inclusion functions almost as a literary device, and an examination of rivers makes a point about Vergil: that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739111086
• ISBN13: 9780739111086
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"