Virgil and Joyce: Nationalism and Imperialism in the Aeneid and Ulysses (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780299308001)

James Joyce's Ulysses is a modern version of Homer's Odyssey, but Joyce--who was a better scholar of Latin than of Greek--also was deeply influenced by the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem about the journey of Aeneas and the foundation of Rome.
Joyce wrote Ulysses during the Irish War of Independence, when militants, politicians, and intellectuals were attempting to create a new Irish nation. Virgil wrote the Aeneid when, in the wake of decades of civil war, Augustus was founding what we now call the Roman Empire. Randall Pogorzelski applies modern theories of nationalism, intertextuality, and reception studies to illuminate how both writers confronted issues of nationalism, colonialism, political violence, and freedom during times of crisis.


Author: Randall J. Pogorzelski
ISBN-10: 0299308006
ISBN-13: 9780299308001
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2016
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d