Reimagining Virgil: a Twelfth-Century humanist reinvents the "Aeneid"

• Autores: Raymond J. Cormier
• Localización: Troianalexandrina: Anuario sobre literatura medieval de materia clásica, ISSN 1577-5003, Nº. 15, 2015, págs. 135-159
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This comparative study examines three Virgilian descriptions re-invented by the anonymous medieval romancer of the Roman d'Énéas. They include 1) an allegory («Fama» -Aeneid IV); 2) a dramatic scenario of a siege from Aeneid IX; and 3) the final dramatic struggle between Eneas and his nemesis, Turnus (Book XII). The romance, an amplified version of Virgil’s masterpiece, is a careful re-imagining of the classic. The author’s voice is unique, one that creates a free and original imitation. Through amplification, chronological reorganization, or a reduced role for divine intervention, the result is a humanist-inspired exposition, at once personal and subjective, which draws on mid-twelfth century historical realities.