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 68
... meaning also . Upon Dido's first entrance , the distant future is shown as already touched with tragedy . Aeneas is present , the trap is set . Dido , unaware , has started on the road to ruin . Moreover , there is a mysterious ...
... meaning also . Upon Dido's first entrance , the distant future is shown as already touched with tragedy . Aeneas is present , the trap is set . Dido , unaware , has started on the road to ruin . Moreover , there is a mysterious ...
Page 80
... meaning of this simile just as the secret meaning of the Diana simile was made clear in its last verse . The simile partakes of two spheres of mean- ing ; it illuminates a present state and reveals a destiny . In this function , it adds ...
... meaning of this simile just as the secret meaning of the Diana simile was made clear in its last verse . The simile partakes of two spheres of mean- ing ; it illuminates a present state and reveals a destiny . In this function , it adds ...
Page 121
... meaning ; she trembled , and recoiled . Aeneas came swiftly on , and hastened the march of his army , a streak of dark menace moving across the open plain . Like some storm - cloud he came , which , at the sky's dis- charge , travels ...
... meaning ; she trembled , and recoiled . Aeneas came swiftly on , and hastened the march of his army , a streak of dark menace moving across the open plain . Like some storm - cloud he came , which , at the sky's dis- charge , travels ...
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