Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues

This paper examines the sonic world of the Eclogues, arguing that 'resonance' might be a more appropriate term under which to consider it than the more commonly cited 'echo'. It examines not only the characteristic sonic effects of the Eclogues as poetry, but also the importance...

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Main Author: William Fitzgerald
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Université Lille-3 2016-12-01
Series:Dictynna
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1292
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spelling doaj-b59311d97ccd42b29c3c03bd47d8251a2021-10-02T12:38:48ZdeuUniversité Lille-3Dictynna1969-42022016-12-0113Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s EcloguesWilliam FitzgeraldThis paper examines the sonic world of the Eclogues, arguing that 'resonance' might be a more appropriate term under which to consider it than the more commonly cited 'echo'. It examines not only the characteristic sonic effects of the Eclogues as poetry, but also the importance of a resonant acoustic to the pastoral genre. The discussion of resonance in the Eclogues lead to a reconsideration of current trends in the study of intertextuality and metapoetry as well as the implications of the term resonance for the reception of the Eclogues.http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1292VergilEcloguespastoralechoresonancemetapoetry
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Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues
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Vergil
Eclogues
pastoral
echo
resonance
metapoetry
author_facet William Fitzgerald
author_sort William Fitzgerald
title Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues
title_short Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues
title_full Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues
title_fullStr Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues
title_full_unstemmed Resonance: the Sonic Environment of Vergil’s Eclogues
title_sort resonance: the sonic environment of vergil’s eclogues
publisher Université Lille-3
series Dictynna
issn 1969-4202
publishDate 2016-12-01
description This paper examines the sonic world of the Eclogues, arguing that 'resonance' might be a more appropriate term under which to consider it than the more commonly cited 'echo'. It examines not only the characteristic sonic effects of the Eclogues as poetry, but also the importance of a resonant acoustic to the pastoral genre. The discussion of resonance in the Eclogues lead to a reconsideration of current trends in the study of intertextuality and metapoetry as well as the implications of the term resonance for the reception of the Eclogues.
topic Vergil
Eclogues
pastoral
echo
resonance
metapoetry
url http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1292
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