| Description |
xviii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 221-225. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Magic of Orpheus and the ambiguities of language -- Orpheus and the fourth Georgic: Virgil on nature and civilization -- Ovid's Orpheus and Augustan ideology -- Virgil and Ovid on Orpheus: a second look -- Dissonant sympathy: song, Orpheus, and the golden age in Seneca's tragedies -- Orpheus in Rilke: the hidden roots of being -- Orpheus from antiquity to today: retrospect and prospect. |
| Subject |
Classical literature -- History and criticism.
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Classical literature. |
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Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- In literature.
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Poets in literature.
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Poets in literature. |
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Classicism.
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Classicism. |
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Literature, Modern -- Classical influences.
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Literature, Modern -- Classical influences. |
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Literature, Modern. |
| Indexed Term |
Poetry in Greek, to 500. Orphic poetry - Critical studies |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Segal, Charles, 1936- Orpheus. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989 (OCoLC)647218006 |
| ISBN |
0801837081 alkaline paper |
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9780801837081 alkaline paper |
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