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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... story . In Vergil's similes the inner action continues in the emotions of the persons involved . To a much greater degree than Homer's , Vergil's similes are transparent signs for inner events . Although it constitutes only a special ...
... story . In Vergil's similes the inner action continues in the emotions of the persons involved . To a much greater degree than Homer's , Vergil's similes are transparent signs for inner events . Although it constitutes only a special ...
Page 191
... story without being spoken of in so many words . Vergil never tells anything without directing our attention to these senti- ments through tone and color if not by more direct means . He has put himself into the soul of his persons and ...
... story without being spoken of in so many words . Vergil never tells anything without directing our attention to these senti- ments through tone and color if not by more direct means . He has put himself into the soul of his persons and ...
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... STORY OF THE ILIAD E. T. Owen AA 125 THE STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX WORDS William Empson AA 128 CAN THESE BONES LIVE Edward Dahlberg AA 132 PARADISE LOST AND THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY READER B. Rajan AA 134 THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH Charles W ...
... STORY OF THE ILIAD E. T. Owen AA 125 THE STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX WORDS William Empson AA 128 CAN THESE BONES LIVE Edward Dahlberg AA 132 PARADISE LOST AND THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY READER B. Rajan AA 134 THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH Charles W ...
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