%0 Journal Article
%T India, Egypt and Parthia in Augustan verse: the post-orientalist turn
%A Grant Parker
%J Dictynna : Revue de Po¨¦tique Latine
%D 2011
%I Universit¨¦ Lille-3
%X Orientalism, as a paradigm expounded by Edward W. Said, has been influential in literary studies. Here it is critically evaluated with reference to Augustan poetry, in relation to three different ethnic groups : Indians, Egyptians and Parthians. The shield of Aeneas is the point of departure. Some of the shortcomings of Saidian Orientalism can be circumvented by the adoption of concepts from human geography.
%K Orientalism
%K human geography
%K shield of Aeneas
%K India
%K Egypt
%K Parthia
%U http://dictynna.revues.org/691