Arms and a mouse: Approaching acrostics in Ovid and Vergil
In this article I begin by comparing and contrasting our reading practice regarding acrostics with our practice regarding allusions and intertexts, looking in particular at the problematic notion of authorial intention; I suggest an approach that assumes that ancient learned readers were on the loo...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Fabrizio Serra editore
2019
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