Allusion and Allegory Studies in the >Ciris
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 15150
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- ISBN
- 9783110447767
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The book explores in detail the Ciris� intertextual engagement with the Greek and Roman poetic tradition from the seventh (Homer) to the first (Lucretius, Catullus) centuries BC. While previous research viewed it as a cento-like compilation from Latin texts (esp. Virgil), this analysis shows the Ciris to be an original and ambitious poem and supports a pre-Virgilian date of composition. The book also deepens scholarly understanding of ancient poetics and intertextuality in general. Besides covering a large body of pre-BC classical poetry, the book extensively engages with multilingual secondary literature on these sources.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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