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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... divine whole from which it derives its grandeur 15 is important to the Augustan view of the world . It is also basic ... divine order , the symbol of the cosmic law of destiny revealed in the existence of the world of man . There are ...
... divine whole from which it derives its grandeur 15 is important to the Augustan view of the world . It is also basic ... divine order , the symbol of the cosmic law of destiny revealed in the existence of the world of man . There are ...
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... divine origin.29 The proddings by Venus and Juno at the decisive moments , the interference of Amor in the shape of Ascanius , the hunt and the convenient thunderstorm are only additional visual aids indicating inner events . In ...
... divine origin.29 The proddings by Venus and Juno at the decisive moments , the interference of Amor in the shape of Ascanius , the hunt and the convenient thunderstorm are only additional visual aids indicating inner events . In ...
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... divine . Vergil truly believed in divine power and to this earnest and pious poet the myth was more than a poetic tale — it was a symbol of his religion . As Hugo von Hofmannsthal says in his " Con- versation About Poems , " which ...
... divine . Vergil truly believed in divine power and to this earnest and pious poet the myth was more than a poetic tale — it was a symbol of his religion . As Hugo von Hofmannsthal says in his " Con- versation About Poems , " which ...
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