The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the AeneidIn a discussion in which a comparison of Vergil and Homer becomes the pivot of criticism, the author analyzes basic themes, outlines the Vergilian structure, and indicates the way in which the characters and the events concerning them are related to the whole poem. The author shows how Vergil enlarged upon Homeric similes until they became transparent signs for inner events. He also examines the architecturally structured sequence of mood and argues that, since Vergil, mood has become to poetry what light is to painting. |
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... basic poetic symbols , I shall limit myself for the most part to image and shall stress the more hidden manifestations of symbolism . It is not my intention to prepare a complete morphology of the similes and images in the Aeneid ...
... basic poetic symbols , I shall limit myself for the most part to image and shall stress the more hidden manifestations of symbolism . It is not my intention to prepare a complete morphology of the similes and images in the Aeneid ...
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... basic strength of Latinity , serenitas - which includes in one untranslatable word , mental clarity , cheerfulness of soul , and the light of the southern sky . From the image of the Vergilian Jupiter the concept of serenitas has ...
... basic strength of Latinity , serenitas - which includes in one untranslatable word , mental clarity , cheerfulness of soul , and the light of the southern sky . From the image of the Vergilian Jupiter the concept of serenitas has ...
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... basic to the interpretation of the Roman res publica in Cicero's de Republica . Vergil adheres to Cicero's philo- sophical views . He accepts the Platonic idea of the unity of Cosmos and Politeia from which came the Ciceronian idea of ...
... basic to the interpretation of the Roman res publica in Cicero's de Republica . Vergil adheres to Cicero's philo- sophical views . He accepts the Platonic idea of the unity of Cosmos and Politeia from which came the Ciceronian idea of ...
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