Anne Rogerson

Virgil's Ascanius

Imagining the Future in the Aeneid

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a fresh interpretation of Virgil's Aeneid via a detailed study of its child hero, Ascanius, young son of Aeneas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781107115392
• ISBN-10: 1107115396
• Artikelnr.: 46985214

Autorenporträt

Anne Rogerson is the Charles Tesoriero Senior Lecturer in Latin at the University of Sydney. She has published numerous articles on the Aeneid and its reception, and is also a regular contributor to Richard Glover's Drive program on ABC radio, as a guest speaker and ancient world expert in the 'Self-Improvement Wednesday' series.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The heir and the spare
3. Old names and new
4. Andromache and Dido
5. Trojan games
6. Trojan fire
7. Protecting Ascanius
8. Growing up
9. Relegating Ascanius
10. Conclusion.