Theocritus and the Invention of FictionCambridge University Press, 12 apr 2007 The bucolic Idylls of Theocritus are the first literature to invent a fully fictional world that is not an image of reality but an alternative to it. It is thereby distinguished from the other Idylls and from Hellenistic poetry as a whole. This book examines these poems in the light of ancient and modern conceptions of fictionality. It explores how access to this fictional world is mediated by form and how this world appears as an object of desire for the characters within it. The argument culminates in a fresh reading of Idyll 7, where Professor Payne discusses the encounter between author and fictional creation in the poem and its importance for the later pastoral tradition. Close readings of Theocritus, Callimachus, Hermesianax and the Lament for Bion are supplemented with parallels from modern contemporary fiction and an extended discussion of the heteronymic poetry of Fernando Pessoa. |
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Aetia allegory appears argued become begin bucolic characters bucolic fiction bucolic poetry bucolic song bucolic world called Callimachus Calpurnius chapter claim clear collection comparison consist contemporary continuing contrast created creation critical Daphnis dead desire dialogue discussion Eclogue Eclogue 9 encounter engaged epigram fact fiction fictional world fictionalizing self-projection figure first Gallus genre gives goatherd Heraclitus herdsmen historical historical poet identification Idyll imagination imitation impersonation inhabitants invented kind Lament for Bion land literary literature live look Lycidas majority means Menalcas models Moeris moments mourning Muses myth narrative narrator nature notes offers opening origin particular pastoral Patterson 1987 person poem poet poet’s poetic political possibility present problem projection Prolegomena question real-world reality recall refers reflection relationship respect scholia seems seen Servius shepherds Simichidas sing song speaker stage suggest theme Theocritus thinking Tityrus tradition transformation variety verses Virgil Wendel whole