Virgil's Double Cross

"In this major study, Quint applies his critical scalpel to the dissection of Virgil's use, small-scale and large-scale, of the figure of chiasmus, in order to show how features of doubling and reversal shape the historical and ideological work performed by the Aeneid. The result is a masterful demonstration of the inseparability of form and meaning."--Philip Hardie, Trinity College, University of Cambridge