TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Finding Italy : travel, nation and colonization in Vergil's Aeneid
A1  - Fletcher, K. F. B., kirjoittaja
A2  - Vergilius Maro. P., 70 B.C. - 19 B.C
LA  - eng
LA  - lat
PP  - Ann Arbor
PB  - The University of Michigan Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2830356
AB  - Finding Italy explores the journey of the Romans' ancestor Aeneas and his fellow Trojans from their old home, Troy, to their new country, Italy, narrated in Vergil's epic poem Aeneid. K. F. B. Fletcher argues that a main narrative theme is patriotism, specifically the problem of how one comes to love one's new country. The various directions Aeneas receives throughout the first half of the poem are meant to create this love, explaining both to Aeneas and to Vergil's readers how they should respond to the new, unified Italy synonymous with Rome. These directions come from the gods, or from people close to Aeneas who have divine connections, and they all serve to instill an emotional connection to the land, creating a mental image of Italy that tells him far more about his destination than merely its location, and ultimately making him fall in love with Italy enough to fight for it soon after his arrival. The poem thus dramatizes the birth of nationalism, as Italy is only a concept to Aeneas throughout his trip; these directions do not describe Italy as it is at the time of Aeneas' journey, but as an ideal to be realized by Aeneas and his descendants, reaching its final, perfect form under Augustus Caesar.
SN  - 9780472052288 nidottu
SN  - 9780472072286 sidottu
KW  - Vergilius Maro, P. , : 70 B.C. - 19 B.C. : Aeneis.
KW  - Colonization in literature.
KW  - antiikki
KW  - kirjallisuudentutkimus
KW  - latinankielinen kirjallisuus
ER  -