True names : Vergil and the Alexandrian tradition of etymological wordplay

True names : Vergil and the Alexandrian tradition of etymological wordplay / James J. O'Hara.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Hara, James J., 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1996.
Subjects:
Virgil > Literary style.
Virgil > Knowledge > Language and languages.
Greek poetry, Hellenistic > Egypt > Alexandria > History and criticism.
Latin poetry > Greek influences.
Latin language > Etymology.
Names in literature.
Rome in literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Plays on words.
Alexandria (Egypt) > Intellectual life.
Holy Cross Note:Alumna/Alumnus author.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Etymological Thinking and Wordplay before Vergil
  • 2. Typical Features of Vergilian Etymological Wordplay
  • 3. The Poetic Function of Vergilian Etymologizing
  • 4. About the Catalogue
  • Catalogue of Etymological Wordplay
  • Appendix: Additional Examples at Asterisks in Catalogue.

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