Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry

by Lowell Edmunds

Book Overview

How can we explain the process by which a literary text refers to another text? For the past decade and a half, intertextuality has been a central concern of scholars and readers of Roman poetry. In Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry, Lowell Edmunds proceeds from such fundamental concepts as "author," "text," and "reader," which he then applies to passages from Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Catullus. Edmunds combines close readings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801877415
• ISBN13: 9780801877414
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher