Joseph P Dexter
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1847205 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joseph P Dexter |
| NOMBRES | Joseph P |
| APELLIDO | Dexter |
| FIRMA | DEXTER J P |
| AFILIACIONES | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8524-5792 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
More Latian Anagrams ( Aen. 8.314–36)
This note offers a new reading of Evander’s speech at Aeneid 8.314–36. The passage contains a celebrated anagrammatic wordplay centering on the word Latium, to which we add several newly identified anagrams. We argue that these wordplays represent in microcosm the composition, disintegration, and recomposition of states leading up to and including Rome itself. In doing so, the anagrams convey an underlying evolutionary process in which elements—w…
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Large-scale quantitative profiling of the Old English verse tradition
Strings, Triangles, and Go-betweens
This article examines a case study in Silius Italicus’ Punica using two distinct but complementary approaches to Flavian epic intertextuality: a methodological move to expand and further incorporate computational tools within philology, and a literary theoretical move to combine intertextuality and thematic interpretation. The case study focuses on the debates in the Carthaginian senate described in Punica 2 and 11, both of which Silius adapts fr…
The Reception of Phanocles at Georgics 4. 507-27
A Nineteenth-Century American Interpretation of the Aeneid
This paper examines a loose, popularized translation of Aeneid 1 and 4 published in 1870 by a small New England newspaper. Through evaluation of the translator’s preface and related material, I argue that the text was intended to be a response to the marginalization of the classics in school curricula and a useful pedagogical tool for attracting students to Vergil. I then consider the translation in relation to the long tradition of Vergilian tra…
A Nineteenth-Century American Interpretation of the Aeneid
This paper examines a loose, popularized translation of Aeneid 1 and 4 published in 1870 by a small New England newspaper. Through evaluation of the translator’s preface and related material, I argue that the text was intended to be a response to the marginalization of the classics in school curricula and a useful pedagogical tool for attracting students to Vergil. I then consider the translation in relation to the long tradition of Vergilian tra…
The Reception of Phanocles at Georgics 4. 507-27
Strings, Triangles, and Go-betweens
This article examines a case study in Silius Italicus’ Punica using two distinct but complementary approaches to Flavian epic intertextuality: a methodological move to expand and further incorporate computational tools within philology, and a literary theoretical move to combine intertextuality and thematic interpretation. The case study focuses on the debates in the Carthaginian senate described in Punica 2 and 11, both of which Silius adapts fr…
Large-scale quantitative profiling of the Old English verse tradition
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More Latian Anagrams ( Aen. 8.314–36)
This note offers a new reading of Evander’s speech at Aeneid 8.314–36. The passage contains a celebrated anagrammatic wordplay centering on the word Latium, to which we add several newly identified anagrams. We argue that these wordplays represent in microcosm the composition, disintegration, and recomposition of states leading up to and including Rome itself. In doing so, the anagrams convey an underlying evolutionary process in which elements—w…
Philosophy (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Linguistics (3 obras) · Literature (3 obras) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 obras) · Philosophy (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras)