Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture

(Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Prudence J. Jones

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This study examines rivers as a literary phenomenon, particularly in the poetry of Vergil. It first considers the Greco-Roman understanding of the river in its primary symbolic roles, cosmological, ritual and ethnographical, and then analyzes the river as a literary device, arguing that descriptions of rivers in Roman poetry are, in many cases, a f

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Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Forfatter Prudence J. Jones
Type Bog
Format Hardback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 07-09-2005
Første udgivelsesår 2005
Serie Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 142
Indbinding Hardback
Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Sideoplysninger 142 pages
Mål 235 x 154 x 17
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780739111086