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 101
... moving scenes are artistically necessary . With the same fairmindedness with which he looked at all manifestations of life , Homer let his eyes encompass the hor- rors of war . These , too , he saw as natural and noble - clothed in ...
... moving scenes are artistically necessary . With the same fairmindedness with which he looked at all manifestations of life , Homer let his eyes encompass the hor- rors of war . These , too , he saw as natural and noble - clothed in ...
Page 136
... moving in the final confession of this unrestrained and violent hero . His recognition of wrongdoing , alluded to in the treaty scene , “ aram suppliciter venerans demisso voltu❞ ( XII.220 ) , reaches a climax in resignation . The ...
... moving in the final confession of this unrestrained and violent hero . His recognition of wrongdoing , alluded to in the treaty scene , “ aram suppliciter venerans demisso voltu❞ ( XII.220 ) , reaches a climax in resignation . The ...
Page 204
... moving expression in Zeus ' words to the im- mortal horses of Achilles ( Iliad 17.443 ) : " Ah , poor things ! Why did we give you to a mortal man like Peleus , when you are immortal and never grow old ? To share the sorrows of ...
... moving expression in Zeus ' words to the im- mortal horses of Achilles ( Iliad 17.443 ) : " Ah , poor things ! Why did we give you to a mortal man like Peleus , when you are immortal and never grow old ? To share the sorrows of ...
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