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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As for the method : the most excellent way to an understanding of Vergil is by comparison with Homer , an endeavor to which every single line offers a challenge . Juxtaposing related forms is always the best way to an individual ...
As for the method : the most excellent way to an understanding of Vergil is by comparison with Homer , an endeavor to which every single line offers a challenge . Juxtaposing related forms is always the best way to an individual ...
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Although Vergil in Aeneas ' first two speeches ( 1.94 and I.198 ) consciously emphasizes his debt to Homer through verbatim appropriation of the beginning words ( 1.94 / Ody . 5.306 ; I.198 / Ody . 12.208 ) , he subsequently develops ...
Although Vergil in Aeneas ' first two speeches ( 1.94 and I.198 ) consciously emphasizes his debt to Homer through verbatim appropriation of the beginning words ( 1.94 / Ody . 5.306 ; I.198 / Ody . 12.208 ) , he subsequently develops ...
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This is much stronger than the fright of Homer's shepherd who , after all , could still save his sheep . Part of the tragedy of Turnus can now be seen . The destructiveness of the storm and the breathtaking violence of coming doom have ...
This is much stronger than the fright of Homer's shepherd who , after all , could still save his sheep . Part of the tragedy of Turnus can now be seen . The destructiveness of the storm and the breathtaking violence of coming doom have ...
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| Title | The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the Aeneid Volume 117 of Ann Arbor paperbacks University of Michigan classics |
| Author | Viktor Pöschl |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Michigan Press, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0472061704, 9780472061709 |
| Length | 216 pages |
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