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Poetic memory : allusion in the poetry of Callimachus and the Metamorphoses of Ovid / by Heather Van Tress.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English, Latin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Latin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 258. | Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004Description: 1 online resource (viii, 218 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789047406624
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poetic memory.DDC classification:
  • 873/.01 22
LOC classification:
  • PA6519.M9 T75 2004eb
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Summary: This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his Aetia prologue and Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses . The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re-)examination of the lexical allusions in the Aetia's and Metamorphoses' prologues, extensive examinations of allusive techniques within selections of these works, the poets' use of \'signposting\' and \'authorization\' techniques, and the relationship between allusion and genre.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and indexes.

Preliminary Material -- CALLIMACHUS, OVID, AND ALLUSION -- A WELL-DEFINED SCOPE: LEXICAL INTEGRATIVE AND REFLECTIVE ALLUSIONS IN THE PROLOGUE OF CALLIMACHUS’ AETIA AND THE PROEM OF OVID’S METAMORPHOSES -- BROADENING THE SCOPE: MARKING THE ALLUSION AND REITERATIVE INTEGRATIVE AND REFLECTIVE ALLUSION -- VARIATION OF THE TROPE: REFLECTIVE AND INTEGRATIVE ALLUSION AND AUTHORIZATION WITHIN CALLIMACHUS’ HYMN TO DELOS AND OVID’S BOOK 6 OF THE METAMORPHOSES -- BOUNDARIES OF GENRE? ALLUSION AND GENRE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED -- GENERAL INDEX -- SAMENVATTING IN HET NEDERLANDS -- CURRICULUM VITAE -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , I.J.F. de Jong and P.H. Schrijvers.

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This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his Aetia prologue and Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses . The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re-)examination of the lexical allusions in the Aetia's and Metamorphoses' prologues, extensive examinations of allusive techniques within selections of these works, the poets' use of \'signposting\' and \'authorization\' techniques, and the relationship between allusion and genre.

In English; includes Latin and Ancient Greek with English translation.

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