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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... passion underscores the inner tension of the poem . The passion - consumed goddess is confronted by Ver- gil's sublime Jupiter , the majestic master of the world , en- 5 throned above suffering and passion . This aspect of 16 THE ART OF ...
... passion underscores the inner tension of the poem . The passion - consumed goddess is confronted by Ver- gil's sublime Jupiter , the majestic master of the world , en- 5 throned above suffering and passion . This aspect of 16 THE ART OF ...
Page 88
... passion obscured her true self , death confirms and maintains it on a higher and purer plane . Through the dignity of death she becomes the " great image , " as which she descends into the underworld . “ For a man walks among the shades ...
... passion obscured her true self , death confirms and maintains it on a higher and purer plane . Through the dignity of death she becomes the " great image , " as which she descends into the underworld . “ For a man walks among the shades ...
Page 90
... passion and grief , it is now seen as the transfiguration and defeat of that passion and grief . Her vacillation between love and hate was apparently also a vacillation between humiliation and grandeur , with grandeur evident even in ...
... passion and grief , it is now seen as the transfiguration and defeat of that passion and grief . Her vacillation between love and hate was apparently also a vacillation between humiliation and grandeur , with grandeur evident even in ...
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