Propertius, Greek Myth, and Virgil: Rivalry, Allegory, and Polemic
- Submitting institution
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University of Durham
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 116675
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780199541577
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/propertius-greek-myth-and-virgil-9780199541577
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This book, as noted in the preface, is the product of over 10 years' work; it proposes a radically new reading of Propertius. On a microscopic level, it develops a novel intertextual method for interpreting Propertius' use of Greek myth, a feature of his poetry that has often been dismissed as cosmetic. Upon this foundation, a revolutionary account of Propertius' relationship with Virgil is developed, for myth was the language in which the two poets obliquely critiqued each other’s work. The result is a fundamentally new perspective on Augustan poetry, as mediated by fierce rivalry rather than cheerful consensus.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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