RT Journal Article
T1 Hopes Woven in Smoke: Reimagining Virgil's Aeneid in Irene Vallejo's El silbido del arquero
A1 Nisa Cáceres, Daniel
A1 Moreno Soldevila, Rosario
K1 Vallejo, Irene
K1 "El silbido del arquero"
K1 Virgil
K1 "The Aeneid"
K1 Dido and Aeneas
AB This article investigates Irene Vallejo's 2015 novel El silbido del arquero, a narrative in the Virgilian tradition mostly inspired by Book IV of the Aeneid. We show how Vallejo reinterprets Dido and Aeneas's tragic love story by foregrounding minor characters, developing the setting, integrating popular subgenres and exploring communicative anxieties and gender issues. It is argued that patterns of dissatisfaction, self-delusion and disillusionment with human affairs ultimately collide with a message of hope voiced by the fictionalised Virgil.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1572-8668
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12002
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12002
LA en
NO Nisa Cáceres, D., Moreno Soldevila, R. Hopes Woven in Smoke: Reimagining Virgil’s Aeneid in Irene Vallejo’s El silbido del arquero. Neophilologus 106, 267–282 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-021-09721-6
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026