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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David QuintPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691179384ISBN 10: 0691179387 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 22 May 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsOne of the best books on Virgil, Virgil's Double Cross is important for the quality of its close readings and for its well-defined approach. This sophisticated and deeply learned book encourages readers to engage with its arguments and the text of the Aeneid. -Alessandro Barchiesi, New York University This is a powerful book, rigorous in its close reading and groundbreaking in its argument. With masterful insight Quint pushes the parallel reversals in the Aeneid further than any other living critic. Accessible to students and advanced scholars alike, this bookreadable, brisk, and elegantwill become a new classic. -Michele Lowrie, University of Chicago In this major study, Quint applies his critical scalpel to the dissection of Virgil's use, small-scale and large-scale, of the figure of chiasmus, in order to show how features of doubling and reversal shape the historical and ideological work performed by the Aeneid. The result is a masterful demonstration of the inseparability of form and meaning. -Philip Hardie, Trinity College, University of Cambridge One of the best books on Virgil, Virgil's Double Cross is important for the quality of its close readings and for its well-defined approach. This sophisticated and deeply learned book encourages readers to engage with its arguments and the text of the Aeneid. --Alessandro Barchiesi, New York University This is a powerful book, rigorous in its close reading and groundbreaking in its argument. With masterful insight Quint pushes the parallel reversals in the Aeneid further than any other living critic. Accessible to students and advanced scholars alike, this book--readable, brisk, and elegant--will become a new classic. --Mich le Lowrie, University of Chicago In this major study, Quint applies his critical scalpel to the dissection of Virgil's use, small-scale and large-scale, of the figure of chiasmus, in order to show how features of doubling and reversal shape the historical and ideological work performed by the Aeneid. The result is a masterful demonstration of the inseparability of form and meaning. --Philip Hardie, Trinity College, University of Cambridge This is a powerful book, rigorous in its close reading and groundbreaking in its argument. With masterful insight Quint pushes the parallel reversals in the Aeneid further than any other living critic. Accessible to students and advanced scholars alike, this book--readable, brisk, and elegant--will become a new classic. --Mich le Lowrie, University of Chicago One of the best books on Virgil, Virgil's Double Cross is important for the quality of its close readings and for its well-defined approach. This sophisticated and deeply learned book encourages readers to engage with its arguments and the text of the Aeneid. --Alessandro Barchiesi, New York University In this major study, Quint applies his critical scalpel to the dissection of Virgil's use, small-scale and large-scale, of the figure of chiasmus, in order to show how features of doubling and reversal shape the historical and ideological work performed by the Aeneid. The result is a masterful demonstration of the inseparability of form and meaning. --Philip Hardie, Trinity College, University of Cambridge One of the best books on Virgil, Virgil's Double Cross is important for the quality of its close readings and for its well-defined approach. This sophisticated and deeply learned book encourages readers to engage with its arguments and the text of the Aeneid. --Alessandro Barchiesi, New York University This is a powerful book, rigorous in its close reading and groundbreaking in its argument. With masterful insight Quint pushes the parallel reversals in the Aeneid further than any other living critic. Accessible to students and advanced scholars alike, this bookreadable, brisk, and elegantwill become a new classic. --Mich le Lowrie, University of Chicago In this major study, Quint applies his critical scalpel to the dissection of Virgil's use, small-scale and large-scale, of the figure of chiasmus, in order to show how features of doubling and reversal shape the historical and ideological work performed by the Aeneid. The result is a masterful demonstration of the inseparability of form and meaning. --Philip Hardie, Trinity College, University of Cambridge Author Information"David Quint is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University. His many books include Epic and Empire and Inside ""Paradise Lost"" (both Princeton)." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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