Memory in Vergil's Aeneid: Creating the Past - Hardcover

Seider, Aaron M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 110703180X ISBN 13: 9781107031807

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Memory was a powerful concept in Augustan Rome, pervading art, literature, religion, and social and political life. Considering crucial scenes in the Aeneid, this distinctive new reading finds memory to be a dynamic process, one that offers a mechanism for integrating a traumatic past with an uncertain future.

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'... the book is well-researched, and scholars and students seeking a primer on critical work in memory studies would be well-advised to consult Seider's bibliography, especially the expansive footnotes in the introduction.' Matthew P. Loar, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

'... the strong aspect in Seider's approach is that he writes not so much about memory, but more about the 'thematization' of memory within the narrative. This way, his book enables us to see at a glance the enormous importance of remembering, revisiting, and forgetting in the epic plot and in the actions and emotions of characters and narrators alike.' Alessandro Barchiesi, Histos

'... this book ... deploys excellent detailed [analysis] alongside persuasive theoretical ideas, and is beautifully written; we should be most grateful to its author for a thoughtful and challenging treatment of its crucial topic, and for a subtle and balanced interpretation of the poem as a whole.' Stephen Harrison, De Novis Libris Iudicia

'Seider's book is a welcome addition to the recent scholarly work on the Aeneid and makes a convincing case for the importance of analyzing the concept of memory as shaping history and identity in the poem ... If the reviewer may appear to have more questions than answers, it is thanks to the rich and stimulating discussions found throughout the book. Seider's work tackles a fruitful line of inquity that will surely stimulate more research on the problem of memory and identity in Roman literature.' Vassiliki Panoussi, New England Classical Journal

Reseña del editor:

Tracing the path from Troy's destruction to Rome's foundation, the Aeneid explores the transition between past and future. As the Trojans struggle to found a new city and the narrator sings of his audience's often-painful history, memory becomes intertwined with a crucial leitmotif: the challenge of being part of a group that survives violence and destruction only to face the daunting task of remembering what was lost. This book offers a new reading of the Aeneid that engages with critical work on memory and questions the prevailing view that Aeneas must forget his disastrous history in order to escape from a cycle of loss. Considering crucial scenes such as Aeneas' reconstruction of Celaeno's prophecy and his slaying of Turnus, this book demonstrates that memory in the Aeneid is a reconstructive and dynamic process, one that offers a social and narrative mechanism for integrating a traumatic past with an uncertain future.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 110703180X
• ISBN 13: 9781107031807
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240