Vergil's fictions : paradox and anomaly in the Aeneid

This thesis uses philosophy of fiction to analyse episodic fictions in Vergil' s Aeneid. I argue that due to repeated lapses in the narrative framework, individual episodes seem to constitute deviant 'worlds' of their own, rather than incorporated insets. This fragmentation militates...

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Main Author: Harris, Bryn
Published: University of Oxford 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568528