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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... the wound ( XII.398 ) , his ap- parent insensibility in the face both of physical pain and the sympathy of his comrades ( characteristically emphasized more ) is the result of his indignation at the 54 THE ART OF VERGIL.
... the wound ( XII.398 ) , his ap- parent insensibility in the face both of physical pain and the sympathy of his comrades ( characteristically emphasized more ) is the result of his indignation at the 54 THE ART OF VERGIL.
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... face of his suffering men . " 65. Related to the words in which Aeneas expresses his sense of life's tragedy . VI.721 : Quae miseris lucis tam dira cupido ? It is also an echo of the scene in the Iliad in which the same feeling finds ...
... face of his suffering men . " 65. Related to the words in which Aeneas expresses his sense of life's tragedy . VI.721 : Quae miseris lucis tam dira cupido ? It is also an echo of the scene in the Iliad in which the same feeling finds ...
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... face to face , even if his hands are like fire , and his spirit like flashing steel . " 75. Hector assumes a heroic attitude only after all hope is lost . 76. XII.865 f . Dido , too , sees a bird of death ( IV.462 ) . 77. This recalls ...
... face to face , even if his hands are like fire , and his spirit like flashing steel . " 75. Hector assumes a heroic attitude only after all hope is lost . 76. XII.865 f . Dido , too , sees a bird of death ( IV.462 ) . 77. This recalls ...
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