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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... appears and reappears in many variations . The demonic appears in > history as civil or foreign war , in the soul as passion , and in nature as death and destruction . Jupiter , Aeneas , and Augus- tus are its conquerors , while Juno ...
... appears and reappears in many variations . The demonic appears in > history as civil or foreign war , in the soul as passion , and in nature as death and destruction . Jupiter , Aeneas , and Augus- tus are its conquerors , while Juno ...
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... appears to me highly improb- able that Ennius would have had a comparable sequence of scenes , although ( as Norden 20 has shown ) he contributed some details and prefashioned some important traits of Allecto in his Discordia . There is ...
... appears to me highly improb- able that Ennius would have had a comparable sequence of scenes , although ( as Norden 20 has shown ) he contributed some details and prefashioned some important traits of Allecto in his Discordia . There is ...
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... appears as a glorification of virtus in the old Italian style and Turnus himself appears as the personification of the populi feroces of old Italy . Vergil's positive attitude toward the Italians ( clearly seen in the description ) is ...
... appears as a glorification of virtus in the old Italian style and Turnus himself appears as the personification of the populi feroces of old Italy . Vergil's positive attitude toward the Italians ( clearly seen in the description ) is ...
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