Speaking Volumes

by Alessandro Barchiesi

In a poem written in exile, Ovid pictures his latest book in conversation with his previous volumes, united in the bookcase containing his collected works back in Rome. One can imagine their dialogue - in the protected space of the whispering bookcase - as loaded with allusion and intertextuality. This collection of essays by the classicist Alessandro Barchiesi examines Ovid and his 'rationalistic art of illusion' along with intertextuality in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071563027X
• ISBN13: 9780715630273
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"