This paper takes its cue from Gérard Genette’s Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation, to examine the liminal phrase arma virumque in the Aeneid and in its reception. The article explores the validity and relevance of paratextuality to the study of Latin literature; the status of arma virumque as a quasi-title in the reception of Virgil; and finally the meaning and resonances of arma virumque throughout the Aeneid itself
Virgil’s poetry has long been recognised as delving into a poetics of comparison which employs sudde...
In an article published thirteen years ago, I tried to break new ground by showing that the texts tr...
In an article published thirteen years ago, I tried to break new ground by showing that the texts tr...
This paper takes its cue from Gérard Genette’s Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation, to examine t...
This paper takes its cue from Gérard Genette’s Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation, to examine t...
When Gerard Genette developed his paradigm for the paratextual reading of texts, he focused upon lit...
This research paper proposes a model of study to discern the impact of publisher-created paratext on...
The archetype of classical Roman epic, Virgil’s Aeneid has enjoyed incredible literary attention sin...
This paper on Roman etymologizing and etymological word-play was orginally conceived in the 1990s as...
When a Hellenistic editor chose an opening poem for an edition of an earlier poet, the motives and t...
When a Hellenistic editor chose an opening poem for an edition of an earlier poet, the motives and t...
The volume under review includes 24 out of the 26 papers delivered at the international colloquium w...
When a Hellenistic editor chose an opening poem for an edition of an earlier poet, the motives and t...
This essay focuses on the feature of the Psychomachia that is supposed to mark a decisive break from...
International audienceThe edition of the Latin elegiac poets (Venetiis, Bonettus Locatelli et Octavi...
Virgil’s poetry has long been recognised as delving into a poetics of comparison which employs sudde...
In an article published thirteen years ago, I tried to break new ground by showing that the texts tr...
In an article published thirteen years ago, I tried to break new ground by showing that the texts tr...
This paper takes its cue from Gérard Genette’s Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation, to examine t...
This paper takes its cue from Gérard Genette’s Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation, to examine t...
When Gerard Genette developed his paradigm for the paratextual reading of texts, he focused upon lit...
This research paper proposes a model of study to discern the impact of publisher-created paratext on...
The archetype of classical Roman epic, Virgil’s Aeneid has enjoyed incredible literary attention sin...
This paper on Roman etymologizing and etymological word-play was orginally conceived in the 1990s as...
When a Hellenistic editor chose an opening poem for an edition of an earlier poet, the motives and t...
When a Hellenistic editor chose an opening poem for an edition of an earlier poet, the motives and t...
The volume under review includes 24 out of the 26 papers delivered at the international colloquium w...
When a Hellenistic editor chose an opening poem for an edition of an earlier poet, the motives and t...
This essay focuses on the feature of the Psychomachia that is supposed to mark a decisive break from...
International audienceThe edition of the Latin elegiac poets (Venetiis, Bonettus Locatelli et Octavi...
Virgil’s poetry has long been recognised as delving into a poetics of comparison which employs sudde...
In an article published thirteen years ago, I tried to break new ground by showing that the texts tr...
In an article published thirteen years ago, I tried to break new ground by showing that the texts tr...