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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Page 60
... eyes of his enemies , the Trojan king , Aeneas , was a rich Asiatic prince who had yielded to Punic luxury 39 and was tainted with oriental effeminacy . Remember Jarbas ' prayer in which Aeneas , the " Paris with a retinue of eunuchs ...
... eyes of his enemies , the Trojan king , Aeneas , was a rich Asiatic prince who had yielded to Punic luxury 39 and was tainted with oriental effeminacy . Remember Jarbas ' prayer in which Aeneas , the " Paris with a retinue of eunuchs ...
Page 101
... eyes encompass the hor- rors of war . These , too , he saw as natural and noble - clothed in beauty . Something of his attitude passed into Vergil's pres- entation , for like Homer , Vergil ennobles and includes horror in the ...
... eyes encompass the hor- rors of war . These , too , he saw as natural and noble - clothed in beauty . Something of his attitude passed into Vergil's pres- entation , for like Homer , Vergil ennobles and includes horror in the ...
Page 134
... eyes , we dream that we strive desperately to run ever onward , and we fail , and sink down fainting at the very moment of our greatest effort ; our tongue is strengthless , the body's powers will give no normal response , and neither ...
... eyes , we dream that we strive desperately to run ever onward , and we fail , and sink down fainting at the very moment of our greatest effort ; our tongue is strengthless , the body's powers will give no normal response , and neither ...
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