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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... Vergil's poetic language than through that of the Greeks , and the symbolic power of language in its function as metaphor of feeling has gained an entirely new intensity . In Vergil the realm of the soul is revealed with a tender- ness ...
... Vergil's poetic language than through that of the Greeks , and the symbolic power of language in its function as metaphor of feeling has gained an entirely new intensity . In Vergil the realm of the soul is revealed with a tender- ness ...
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... Vergil , even though they , too , were affected by overrationalization and failed , to my knowl- edge , to produce anything comparable to Sainte - Beuve's masterly Essay on Vergil . " As for the method : the most excellent way to an ...
... Vergil , even though they , too , were affected by overrationalization and failed , to my knowl- edge , to produce anything comparable to Sainte - Beuve's masterly Essay on Vergil . " As for the method : the most excellent way to an ...
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... Vergil's influence and glory ( which Dante predicted would last for- ever ) vindicates the fundamental Roman belief that what can last must be based on proven and permanent elements . Thus , the synthesis of Greek and Roman cultures of ...
... Vergil's influence and glory ( which Dante predicted would last for- ever ) vindicates the fundamental Roman belief that what can last must be based on proven and permanent elements . Thus , the synthesis of Greek and Roman cultures of ...
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