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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... inner drama and reflects the poet's awareness of the stirrings within the souls of his characters and of the destiny inherent in the events . Everything - landscape , morning , evening , night , dress and arms , every gesture , movement ...
... inner drama and reflects the poet's awareness of the stirrings within the souls of his characters and of the destiny inherent in the events . Everything - landscape , morning , evening , night , dress and arms , every gesture , movement ...
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... inner struggle or as an expression of the bitter contest between hard and fast resolu- tion and his human heart . Once the overpowering nature of this battle is understood , no other interpretation is accept- able.24 The bold inner ...
... inner struggle or as an expression of the bitter contest between hard and fast resolu- tion and his human heart . Once the overpowering nature of this battle is understood , no other interpretation is accept- able.24 The bold inner ...
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... inner events into music , but experiences them as such , so poetry presents them as sensory events . " Nothing could be more wrong , " says Gundolf of Shakespeare , " than to assume that the poet thinks abstractly first and looks for an ...
... inner events into music , but experiences them as such , so poetry presents them as sensory events . " Nothing could be more wrong , " says Gundolf of Shakespeare , " than to assume that the poet thinks abstractly first and looks for an ...
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Allecto animi Antike Apollonius Apollonius Rhodius appears aristeia artistic Ascanius atque attitude basic battle beauty beginning Camilla Carthage Cato character climax connected contrast dark death decision demonic destiny Diana Dido Dido's divine Ennius epic Eurotae expression fata fate feeling fight followed fortuna Georgics gesture glory goddess gods Goethe grandeur Greek grief guilt heart Hector Heinze hero hero's heroic hinc Homer human Iliad inner interpretation Iopas Italian Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's Juturna Latinus light meaning Mezentius mood motif movement nature Odyssey Pallas passion Phegeus poet poet's poetic poetry quam queen Roman Rome Rutulians Sainte-Beuve scene sense sequence Servius simile sixth book sorrow soul speech Stoic sublime suffering symbol temple tion tragedy tragic Trojan Troy Turnus Venus Vergil Vergil's art Vergilian verses waves whole poem William Arrowsmith words