Poetic Memory: Allusion in the Poetry of Callimachus and the Metamorphoses of Ovid (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava): 258 (Mnemosyne, Supplements)

Van Tress, Heather

ISBN 10: 900414157X / ISBN 13: 9789004141575

Published by Brill, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetic Memory: Allusion in the Poetry of Callimachus and the Metamorphoses of Ovid (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava): 258 (Mnemosyne, Supplements)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900414157X
• ISBN 13: 9789004141575
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Heather L. van Tress, Ph.D. (2004) in Classical Languages, Radboud University Nijmegen, has taught Latin, Greek, and Rhetoric in the United States as well as Greek at Radboud University Nijmegen. Her fields of interest include Hellenistic and Augustan poetry and allusion.