{"product_id":"contexts-of-war-andreola-rossi-9780472113590","title":"Contexts of War: Manipulation of Genre in Virgilian Battle Narrative","description":"Moving beyond the usual pairing of Homer and Virgil, \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, Rossi refutes the notion that Homer is the only code model for the latter. This in-depth study reveals that Virgilian battle narrative assimilates conventions of other literary genres, namely historiography and, indirectly, tragedy. Rossi demonstrates how Virgilian war narrative allows multiple and diachronic visions of reality, and hence multiple systems of signification, to co-exist in the text. In this way, Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e detaches itself from the Homeric epic and forcefully asserts its own relative modernity. \u003cbr\u003eAndreola Rossi is Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andreola Rossi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472113593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472113590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.44w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 2041","brand":"Andreola Rossi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086704750847,"sku":"9780472113590","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90bb3d12-edd1-4cd4-b0e5-68f23ca0b262.jpg?v=1769096096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contexts-of-war-andreola-rossi-9780472113590","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}