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 102
... fighting style of Aeneas is contrasted with the barbaric style of Tuinus . Ca- milla's aristeia in the eleventh book ... fight with the bull ( X.454 ) . In the eleventh , the least somber of the battle books , the picture of the powerful ...
... fighting style of Aeneas is contrasted with the barbaric style of Tuinus . Ca- milla's aristeia in the eleventh book ... fight with the bull ( X.454 ) . In the eleventh , the least somber of the battle books , the picture of the powerful ...
Page 112
... fight , his readiness to face single combat . This atti- tude recalls something of the grandeur of Aeschylus ... fighting passion amounts almost 112 THE ART OF VERGIL.
... fight , his readiness to face single combat . This atti- tude recalls something of the grandeur of Aeschylus ... fighting passion amounts almost 112 THE ART OF VERGIL.
Page 201
... fight . His love for Lavinia is treated with the same restraint as that of Aeneas for Dido . Love , unless hallowed through pietas into marriage and fam- ily , is less glorious than reprehensible for a Roman . 44. Cf. Iliad 19.16 also ...
... fight . His love for Lavinia is treated with the same restraint as that of Aeneas for Dido . Love , unless hallowed through pietas into marriage and fam- ily , is less glorious than reprehensible for a Roman . 44. Cf. Iliad 19.16 also ...
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