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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... whole . Here , then , is our result : the initial sequences of scenes in the Aeneid contain in essence all forces which constitute the whole . The opening storm is a wave breaking against Roman destiny . Many waves will follow and ...
... whole . Here , then , is our result : the initial sequences of scenes in the Aeneid contain in essence all forces which constitute the whole . The opening storm is a wave breaking against Roman destiny . Many waves will follow and ...
Page 81
... whole are repeated in the sections , or in a symphony where the parts mirror the whole , the Aeneid is in part and whole subject to the same principle of form . This type of scene is repeated a second time in a narrower sense in the ...
... whole are repeated in the sections , or in a symphony where the parts mirror the whole , the Aeneid is in part and whole subject to the same principle of form . This type of scene is repeated a second time in a narrower sense in the ...
Page 172
... whole poem , including the Trojans ' arrival at the Tiber's mouth , the journey upstream by night , the moon- lit voyage from Sicily to Italy , and the Elysian Fields . The last third of the poem ( IX - XII ) is swathed again in dark ...
... whole poem , including the Trojans ' arrival at the Tiber's mouth , the journey upstream by night , the moon- lit voyage from Sicily to Italy , and the Elysian Fields . The last third of the poem ( IX - XII ) is swathed again in dark ...
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Allecto animi Antike Apollonius Apollonius Rhodius appears aristeia artistic Ascanius atque attitude basic battle beauty beginning Camilla Carthage Cato character climax connected contrast dark death decision demonic destiny Diana Dido Dido and Aeneas Dido's divine Ennius epic Eurotae expression fata fate feeling fight followed fortuna Georgics gesture glory goddess gods Goethe grandeur Greek grief guilt heart Hector Heinze hero hero's heroic hinc Homer human Iliad inner interpretation Iopas Italian Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's Juturna Latinus light meaning Mezentius mood motif movement nature Odyssey Pallas passion Phegeus poet poet's poetic poetry quam queen Roman Rome Rutulians Sainte-Beuve scene sense sequence Servius simile sixth book sorrow soul speech Stoic sublime suffering symbol temple tion tragedy tragic Trojan Troy true Turnus Venus Vergil Vergil's art Vergilian verses waves whole poem words