Theocritus and the invention of fiction
"The bucolic poetry of Theocritus is the first literature to invent a fully fictional world that is not an image of reality but an alternative to it. It is thereby distinguished from the other Idylls and from Hellenistic poetry as a whole. This book examines these poems in the light of ancient...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumaro |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38352795*spi |
| Sumario: | "The bucolic poetry of Theocritus is the first literature to invent a fully fictional world that is not an image of reality but an alternative to it. It is thereby distinguished from the other Idylls and from Hellenistic poetry as a whole. This book examines these poems in the light of ancient and modern conceptions of fictionality. It explores how access to this fictional world is mediated by form and how this world appears as an object of desire for the characters within it. The argument culminates in a new reading of Idyll 7, where Professor Payne discusses the encounter between author and fictional creation in the poem and its importance for the later pastoral tradition. Close readings of Theocritus, Callimachus, Hermesianax and the Lament for Bion are supplemented with parallels from modern contemporary fiction and an extended discussion of the heteronymic poetry of Fernando Pessoa"--Presentación del editor |
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| Descripción Física: | viii, 183 p. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 170-180). Índice |
| ISBN: | 9780521865777 9780521124294 |
