Articoli correlati a True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of...
In ancient thinking about etymology, knowledge of a term's origin meant knowledge of the essential qualities of the person, place, or thing it named. While scholars have long noted Vergil's allusions to etymologies, interest in such wordplay has grown rapidly in recent years and lies at the heart of contemporary scholarship's growing concern with the learned aspects and Alexandrian background of Vergilian poetry.
In his new book, James O'Hara has produced a richly annotated, comprehensive collection of examples of etymological wordplay in the Aeneid, Eclogues, and Georgics. An extensive introduction on the etymologizing of Vergil and his poetic forerunners places the poet in historical context and analyzes the form and style of his wordplay. O'Hara also discusses how etymologizing served Vergil's poetic goals, and he explains how the role of word origins in Vergil's poems illuminates the origins and essential characteristics of the Roman people.
The etymological catalog quotes each Vergilian passage, then explains the wordplay or possible wordplay, and refers to ancient grammarians and poets who mention similar etymologies. While bibliographical references are provided for most examples, many entries describe examples of wordplay never before noticed. Throughout the catalog, extensive cross-references direct the reader and render consultation easy.
In his new book, James O'Hara has produced a richly annotated, comprehensive collection of examples of etymological wordplay in the Aeneid, Eclogues, and Georgics. An extensive introduction on the etymologizing of Vergil and his poetic forerunners places the poet in historical context and analyzes the form and style of his wordplay. O'Hara also discusses how etymologizing served Vergil's poetic goals, and he explains how the role of word origins in Vergil's poems illuminates the origins and essential characteristics of the Roman people.
The etymological catalog quotes each Vergilian passage, then explains the wordplay or possible wordplay, and refers to ancient grammarians and poets who mention similar etymologies. While bibliographical references are provided for most examples, many entries describe examples of wordplay never before noticed. Throughout the catalog, extensive cross-references direct the reader and render consultation easy.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
L'autore:
James J. O'Hara is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
- EditoreUniv of Michigan Pr
- Data di pubblicazione1996
- ISBN 10 0472106600
- ISBN 13 9780472106608
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine320
I migliori risultati di ricerca su AbeBooks
Foto dell'editore
True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay
Editore:
Univ of Michigan Pr, Ann Arbor
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Codice articolo 023089
Compra usato
EUR 28,88
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay
Editore:
University of Michigan Press
(1966)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Copia autografata
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. Near fine condition in vg+ dj. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 320 pp. Classical, History, Language, Linguistics, Literature, Roman, 0472106600. Codice articolo 1211106.13
Compra usato
EUR 36,58
Convertire valuta
Immagini fornite dal venditore
TRUE NAMES. Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay.
Editore:
University of Michigan, 1999. Reprint.
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro 8vo, 320pp. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket. Codice articolo 105316
Compra usato
EUR 31,27
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay
Editore:
Univ of Michigan Pr
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. book. Codice articolo D8S0-3-M-0472106600-4
Compra usato
EUR 126,93
Convertire valuta
Immagini fornite dal venditore
True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay.
Editore:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: Sehr gut. XVII, 320 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Partly bleached jacket, overall very good and clean. / Teils verblichener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: 1. Etymological Thinking and Wordplay before Vergil -- 1.1. Homer, Hesiod, and the Hymns -- 1.2. Tragedy, Pre-Socratics and Sophists, and the Cratylus -- 1.3. The Stoics (and Epicurus) -- 1.4. The Alexandrian Poets -- 1.5. Etymological Thought and Rome -- 1.6. Poets at Rome -- 2. Typical Features of Vergilian Etymological Wordplay -- 2.1. Paronomasia -- 2.2. The Single-Adjective Gloss -- 2.3. Etymologizing [kat antiphrasin] -- 2.4. Etymologizing of Proper Names -- 2.5. The Explicit Gloss or Derivation -- 2.6. Naming Constructions as Etymological Signposts -- 2.7. Suppression -- 2.8. Framing -- 2.9. Vertical Juxtaposition in Consecutive Lines -- 2.10. Changes of Names or Alternate Names -- 2.11. Etymologizing with Languages Other Than Latin and Greek -- 2.12. Clustering -- 2.13. Playing with the Tradition, or Allusion to Earlier Etymologizing -- 2.14. Later Comment -- 3. The Poetic Function of Vergilian Etymologizing -- 4. About the Catalogue -- Catalogue of Etymological Wordplay -- The Aeneid -- The Eclogues -- The Georgies. - In ancient thinking about etymology, knowledge of a term s origin meant knowledge of the essential qualities of the person, place, or thing it named. While scholars have long noted Vergil s allusions to etymologies, interest in such wordplay has grown rapidly in recent years and lies at the heart of contemporary scholarship s growing concern with the learned aspects and Alexandrian background of Vergilian poetry. In his new book, James O Hara has produced a richly annotated, comprehensive collection of examples of etymological wordplay in the Aeneid, Eclogues, and Georgies. An extensive introduction on the etymologizing of Vergil and his poetic forerunners places the poet in historical context and analyzes the form and style of his wordplay. O Hara also discusses how etymologizing served Vergil s poetic goals, and he explains how the role of word origins in Vergil s poems illuminates the origins and essential characteristics of the Roman people. The etymological catalog quotes each Vergilian passage, then explains the wordplay or possible wordplay, and refers to ancient grammarians and poets who mention similar etymologies. While bibliographical references are provided for most examples, many entries describe examples of wordplay never before noticed. Throughout the catalog, extensive cross-references direct the reader and render consultation easy. True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay presents in a convenient format an enormous amount of information crucial for understanding Vergil, while offering an extensive analysis of the data it provides. The goal throughout is to help modern readers see more of what ancient readers saw. The volume confronts the difficult problem of establishing criteria to distinguish genuine examples of wordplay from doubtful ones in a manner applicable to other ancient authors. It sheds light on the nature of Alexandrian poetry and on the question of how to read poetry that makes extensive demands on the reader s knowledge. The result is a volume that will be of interest to anyone reading, teaching, or writing about Vergil, Greek and Latin literature, and poetic technique. - JAMES J. O HARA is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University. ISBN 9780472106608 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 711 Original cloth with dust jacket. Codice articolo 1182513
Compra usato
EUR 190,00
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
True Names. Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay.
Editore:
Univ of Michigan Pr
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: Antiquarian. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1996. XVII,320p. Original green cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. (Rare thus). 'The book is in two parts: an introduction which discusses the tradition of literary etymologizing before Virgil (emphasizing the Alexandrians somewhat to the disadvantage of Lucretius or Varro) and draws together the salient characteristics of Virgil's technique, and a fully annotated catalogue of all instances of the conceit which O'H. has been able to gather. (.) O'H.'s approach is sensibly undogmatic. (.) If O'H. avoids theoretical generalizations, his close readings are often compelling, and particularly when he discusses etymological material through which poetic succession is negotiated. His analyses of Aen. 2.411-19, where Vergil engages with an etymological play in Aratus (pp.4-6), and of Ovid's commentaries on Virgilian etymologizing (pp.95-102) are fascinating. (.) At pp.102-11 O'H. offers an intelligent discussion of 'the poetic function of Vergilian etymologizing.' His linkage here of etymology with the aetiological theme of the 'Georgics' and 'Aeneid' is particularly suggestive: Virgil is tracing the origins of the Latin language and the Roman people simultaneously. (.) O'H. has done Virgilian studies a considerable service with this very erudite piece of scholarship. He expresses the hope that 'it will have a place on the bookshelf of anyone trying to read, or write about Vergil' (p.VII). There is not doubt that it will.' (LLEWELYN MORGAN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1998, pp.228-29). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. Antiquarian. Codice articolo 49803
Compra usato
EUR 195,00
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
TRUE NAMES Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay
Editore:
University of Michigan Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0472106600
ISBN 13: 9780472106608
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else book is fine. Faint shelfwear to DJ. ; 320 pages. Codice articolo 19419
Compra usato
EUR 240,66
Convertire valuta