Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture

by Prudence J. Jones

Book Overview

This study examines rivers as a literary phenomenon, particularly in the poetry of Vergil. It first considers the Greco-Roman understanding of the river in its primary symbolic roles, cosmological, ritual and ethnographical, and then analyzes the river as a literary device, arguing that descriptions of rivers in Roman poetry are, in many cases, a form of authorial comment on the progress or structure of a narrative.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739112406
• ISBN13: 9780739112403
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.8"