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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... true even of Richard Heinze's Virgils epische Technik . This book in its own period repre- sented a considerable achievement , but pursued a much too rationalistic direction . The same is true of Eduard Norden's famous commentary on the ...
... true even of Richard Heinze's Virgils epische Technik . This book in its own period repre- sented a considerable achievement , but pursued a much too rationalistic direction . The same is true of Eduard Norden's famous commentary on the ...
Page 58
... true that the stature of the hero grows with the situations according to the law of the intensification which governs the poem . This is true in the sense that the hero's character proves itself on an ever- enlarging level and that his ...
... true that the stature of the hero grows with the situations according to the law of the intensification which governs the poem . This is true in the sense that the hero's character proves itself on an ever- enlarging level and that his ...
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... true that the enormous self - respect which forms the basis of the struggle for glory in the man of antiq- uity , 12 absorbs Turnus completely . But this is the very hall- mark of his distinction , and he shares it with the other Ver ...
... true that the enormous self - respect which forms the basis of the struggle for glory in the man of antiq- uity , 12 absorbs Turnus completely . But this is the very hall- mark of his distinction , and he shares it with the other Ver ...
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