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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 142
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 142.
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Preliminary Material / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Birdcage / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Apollonius, Homer, and Callimachus / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Beginning With Apollo / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Heracles and Jason / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Three Worlds / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Literary Terms / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Medea Bewitched / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Awakening / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Golden Fleece / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Select Bibliography / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Index / Mary Margolies Deforest -- Supplements to Mnemosyne. |
| Summary |
The Argonautica was said to have been the source of a quarrel between Apollonius, who wrote what looks like an epic poem, and Callimachus, who denounced the writing of epic poetry. Although the quarrel did not take place in the real world, its issue controls the poem. The heroes are determined to take part in a Homeric epic, which the Callimachean narrator refuses to write. Drawing on the methods of modern literary theorists but eschewing the jargon, DeForest shows how Apollonius uses the literary dispute in Alexandria to give a three-dimensional quality to his poem. The amusing conflict between heroes and narrator turns serious when the levels of narrative split apart and Medea steps into the gap as a free-standing figure, the forerunner of powerful women in fiction. |
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Apollonius, Rhodius. Argonautica.
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Callimachus -- Influence.
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Callimachus. |
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Argonautica (Apollonius, Rhodius) |
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Greek. |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Original 9004100172 9789004100176 (DLC) 94035522 (OCoLC)31132536 |
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9789004329478 (electronic book) |
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9004329471 (electronic book) |
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9789004100176 |
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9004100172 |
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