Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 51
... Eclogues borrowed from the Alexandrian idyll , is Virgil's own device . True , it became a conven- tion , but the creator of a convention is no more un- original than any other creator . The Eclogues are something more than an imitation ...
... Eclogues borrowed from the Alexandrian idyll , is Virgil's own device . True , it became a conven- tion , but the creator of a convention is no more un- original than any other creator . The Eclogues are something more than an imitation ...
Page 52
... Eclogues are , of course , the reverse of novel , being confessedly imitations or adaptations of the earlier Alexandrian pastoral , just as , on the other hand , some of them transcend the limits of a masque , to assume a lofty lyric ...
... Eclogues are , of course , the reverse of novel , being confessedly imitations or adaptations of the earlier Alexandrian pastoral , just as , on the other hand , some of them transcend the limits of a masque , to assume a lofty lyric ...
Page 54
... Eclogues are modelled upon the Idylls . Country life idealized , love of nature , the melancholy of unrequited love , the good - humoured and occasionally sharp banter of shepherds , the use of dialogue and " amoebaean " song - poetic ...
... Eclogues are modelled upon the Idylls . Country life idealized , love of nature , the melancholy of unrequited love , the good - humoured and occasionally sharp banter of shepherds , the use of dialogue and " amoebaean " song - poetic ...
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