Word Order and Expressiveness in the "Aeneid" / / Paolo Dainotti.
When can word order be considered expressive? And what we do mean by “expressiveness”? This work, based upon a statistical and stylistical enquiry into Virgil’s Aeneid as well of other hexametric poetry, aims to answer these questions from an appropriate perspective. Through offering a detailed anal...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Thanks -- Table of Contents -- Preamble -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Poetry and verse -- Chapter 2. Poetry and rhythm: on metrical expressiveness -- Chapter 3. Word order and meaning -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Index Rerum |
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Summary: | When can word order be considered expressive? And what we do mean by “expressiveness”? This work, based upon a statistical and stylistical enquiry into Virgil’s Aeneid as well of other hexametric poetry, aims to answer these questions from an appropriate perspective. Through offering a detailed analysis of selected passages, the author stresses the evident recurrence of the same figures in similar contexts and with the same stylistic effects. In this view, a rare word order as well as a relevant metrical and syntactical pattern appear to constitute a deviation from the norm stylistically motivated, that can highlight significant words or iconically stress the semantics of a passage. By combining the main notes on style from the Aeneid commentaries and the stylistic readings also applied to modern texts, the author, with a clear approach, systematically discusses the various structures of Latin hexameter – enjambement, synaloepha, hiatus, four-word lines, name-lines, relevant juxtapositions etc. – in terms of “effects”, showing how they interact and converge in the text. This introduction to Virgil’s expressiveness aims to be an effective tool for a stylistic reading of any Latin hexametric text. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110401028 9783110762518 9783110700985 9783110439687 9783110438604 |
ISSN: | 1862-1112 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110401028 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paolo Dainotti. |