Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Paegle, Julie
Second Advisor
Golden, Bruce
Third Advisor
Rhodes, Jacqueline
Abstract
This thesis will attempt to show that Dido's Tragedy, rather than reinforcing or celebrating a patriotic version of Homer's heroic code, offers a critical view of the suffering involved in the founding of a new nation, and thus of Aeneas's Destiny.
Recommended Citation
Hayes, Jessica Marie, "Compensations for exile: A Lacanian analysis of Aeneas's destiny and Dido's tragedy in Virgil's Aeneid" (2008). Theses Digitization Project. 3414.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3414
