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Through a series of close readings centered primarily on Virgil's Aeneid, Kirk Freudenburg shows that the experiential effects that Virgil puts into play do serious narrative work of their own by structuring lines of sight, both visual and emotive, and shifting them about in ways that move readers (interpellated as viewers) into and out of the visual and emotional worlds of the story's characters.
Like the best films, [Virgil's Cinematic Art] is well paced, beautifully shot and scripted, action-packed and leaves you wanting more.... This short book punches well above its weight and is written with infectious panache and exciting appreciation of the visual and verbal magic on show in this poem. It deserves an Oscar.
This scintillating study offers new close readings of Vergil's Aeneid by paying close attention to acts of seeing in the epic. Freudenburg handles complex ideas in an attractive, accessible style, combining more traditional forms of literary analysis with insights gained from narratology, cognitive science, and cinema studies. He has written a strikingly original book that should help every student of the Aeneid to look harder and become a better reader
Virgilian scholarship has two traditional foci: the power of images created by the text (ecphrasis) and the subjective, emotional style of the narrative. In this brilliant book, Kirk Freudenburg has found a way to embrace them both. Epic and cinema, he argues, must enter a deeper dialogue: long before film, epic is a lab for visual effects and viewer participation
Kirk Freudenburg is Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Classics at Yale University. His previous publications include Satires of Rome: Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal and, as editor, The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire.
Like the best films, [Virgil's Cinematic Art] is well paced, beautifully shot and scripted, action-packed and leaves you wanting more.... This short book punches well above its weight and is written with infectious panache and exciting appreciation of the visual and verbal magic on show in this poem. It deserves an Oscar.
This scintillating study offers new close readings of Vergil's Aeneid by paying close attention to acts of seeing in the epic. Freudenburg handles complex ideas in an attractive, accessible style, combining more traditional forms of literary analysis with insights gained from narratology, cognitive science, and cinema studies. He has written a strikingly original book that should help every student of the Aeneid to look harder and become a better reader
Virgilian scholarship has two traditional foci: the power of images created by the text (ecphrasis) and the subjective, emotional style of the narrative. In this brilliant book, Kirk Freudenburg has found a way to embrace them both. Epic and cinema, he argues, must enter a deeper dialogue: long before film, epic is a lab for visual effects and viewer participation
Kirk Freudenburg is Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Classics at Yale University. His previous publications include Satires of Rome: Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal and, as editor, The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire.