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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... destiny , of destiny with the struc- ture of the plot - all essentials in the Aeneid - are less well developed in the Iliad . So there is less immediacy in the establishment of the principle of classical composition , ac- cording to ...
... destiny , of destiny with the struc- ture of the plot - all essentials in the Aeneid - are less well developed in the Iliad . So there is less immediacy in the establishment of the principle of classical composition , ac- cording to ...
Page 53
... destiny in noble resig- nation . Thus , he illustrates what Schopenhauer expected of po- etry : the power to save us from sentimentality and to raise us to resignation . The grief that Aeneas bears and conquers is , I repeat , less ...
... destiny in noble resig- nation . Thus , he illustrates what Schopenhauer expected of po- etry : the power to save us from sentimentality and to raise us to resignation . The grief that Aeneas bears and conquers is , I repeat , less ...
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... destiny its wind : " Vixi et quem dederat cursum fortuna peregi . " Likewise , in Latinus ' words ( VII.598 ) : " Omnisque in limine portus funere felici spolior . " It would be a worth- while task to follow the history of this image ...
... destiny its wind : " Vixi et quem dederat cursum fortuna peregi . " Likewise , in Latinus ' words ( VII.598 ) : " Omnisque in limine portus funere felici spolior . " It would be a worth- while task to follow the history of this image ...
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