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- Dream, Fantasy, and Visual Art in Roman Elegy
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- 2015
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
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The elegists, ancient Rome’s most introspective poets, filled their works with vivid, first-person accounts of dreams. Dream, Fantasy, and Visual Art in Roman Elegy examines these varied and visually striking textual dreamscapes, arguing that the poets exploited dynamics of visual representation to allow readers to share in the intensely personal experience of dreaming.
By treating dreams as a mode for viewing, an analogy suggested by diverse ancient authors, Emma Scioli extracts new information from the poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid about the Roman concept of “seeing” dreams. Through comparison with other visual modes of description, such as ekphrasis and simile, as well as with related types of visual experience, such as fantasy and voyeurism, Scioli demonstrates similarities between artist, dreamer, and poet as creators, identifying the dreamer as a particular type of both viewer and narrator.
By treating dreams as a mode for viewing, an analogy suggested by diverse ancient authors, Emma Scioli extracts new information from the poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid about the Roman concept of “seeing” dreams. Through comparison with other visual modes of description, such as ekphrasis and simile, as well as with related types of visual experience, such as fantasy and voyeurism, Scioli demonstrates similarities between artist, dreamer, and poet as creators, identifying the dreamer as a particular type of both viewer and narrator.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-2
- 4. The Visual Dreamscape of Propertius 3.3
- pp. 134-172
- Conclusion: Ut Pictura Somnium
- pp. 217-220
- Bibliography
- pp. 251-272
- Other Works in the Series
- pp. 279-284
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299303839
Related ISBN(s)
9780299303846
MARC Record
OCLC
910823837
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2015-06-06
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2015