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Repetition in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion Book

Repetition in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion
Repetition in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion, The first comprehensive treatment of Latin figures of repetition, this poetic handbook includes over ten thousand quotations from Ennius to Juvenal, with numerous examples From Latin prose and Greek literature for comparison. Long relegated to commentary , Repetition in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion has a rating of 3 stars
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  • Repetition in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion
  • Written by author Jeffrey Wills
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, February 1997
  • The first comprehensive treatment of Latin figures of repetition, this poetic handbook includes over ten thousand quotations from Ennius to Juvenal, with numerous examples From Latin prose and Greek literature for comparison. Long relegated to commentary
  • Word repetition was a crucial feature in Latin poetry, but most scholars discuss it only in footnotes. In this study, Wills examines how this figure was in over 10,000 quotations across the whole gamut of Latin poetry from Ennius to Juvenal. Embracing a n
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Abbreviationsxii
Introduction1
1.Formal Features of Allusion15
1.1.Linguistic Features of Reference18
1.2.Learning a Grammar of Allusion24
1.3.A Case Study in Allusive Figures: populus Priami Priamusque33
Part I.Gemination43
Gemination45
2.Simple Gemination (Nominal Forms)50
2.1.Vocatives50
2.2.Exclamations and Revelations58
2.3.Other Nominal Forms65
2.4.Pronouns76
3.Simple Gemination (Verbs and Adverbs)89
3.1.Imperatives89
3.2.Other Verbal Forms102
3.3.Adverbs and Interjections106
4.Expanded Gemination (Nominal Forms)124
4.1.Greek Poetry125
4.2.The Impact of Catullus130
4.3.Virgil145
4.4.Other Augustan Poets and the Appendix Vergiliana159
4.5.Silver Latin167
5.Expanded Gemination (Verbs, Phrases, and Pairs)174
5.1.Verb-Expansion174
5.2.Phrase-Expansion178
5.3.Expanded Pairs182
Part II.Polyptoton188
Polyptoton189
6.Noun Polyptoton191
6.1.Battle Polyptoton194
6.2.Amorous and Fraternal Polyptoton202
6.3.Authorial Practices207
7.Adjective, Derivative, and Pronoun Polyptoton222
7.1.Adjectives by Author225
7.2.Adjectival Gradation231
7.3.Derivatives238
7.4.Pronouns241
8.Verb Polyptoton243
8.1.Figura etymologica243
8.2.Reinforcement and Reversal248
9.Co-ordinated Polyptoton254
9.1.Genitival Subordination254
9.2.Other Types of Subordination261
9.3.Pronominal Pairings264
Part III.Modification269
Modification271
10.Noun-Shifts272
10.1.Case-Interchange272
10.2.Gender Combinations279
10.3.Triplets and Other Multiples285
11.Verb-Shifts290
11.1.Person, Number, and Voice290
11.2.Tense and Mood298
12.Category-Shifts311
12.1.Participial Resumption311
12.2.Nouns, Verbs, Gerunds, and Gerundives325
13.Climax329
14.Parentheses and Asides337
15.Responses, Echoes, and Similes342
Part IV.Parallelism351
Parallelism353
16.Allusive Anaphora354
16.1.Quadruplets, Triplets, and the Pathetic Fallacy357
16.2.Hymnic tu361
17.Multiple Anaphora in the Same Line363
18.Repeated -que372
18.1.Pairs372
18.2.Multiples377
18.3.Pairs of Pairs383
Part V.General Topics387
19.Positional Patterns389
19.1.Adjacency390
19.2.Adjacency across Lines (6/1)394
19.3.Line-Initial Anaphora (1/1)397
19.4.Parallel Half-Lines414
19.5.Line-Final Repetition418
19.6.Framing Patterns426
20.Repetition in Compounds436
20.1.Compound and Simplex438
20.2.Simplex and Compound443
20.3.Positive and Negative Pairs451
21.Variations of Repetends461
21.1.Prosodic Variation461
21.2.Semantic Variation469
Epilogue: Unfigured Repetition473
Index Locorum479
Index Rerum504


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