An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid by W. A. Camps
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An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid
Summary
This work is addressed to students of Virgil and of literature in general, including those who may be approaching the "Aeneid" for the first time. It attempts through discussion of particular topics to convey a balanced impression of the nature of the poem as a whole.
An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid Summary
An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid Reviews
'The work deserves to be edited, and Cauchi has done the task impeccably... An edition which -deservedly- will never be superseded'. Colin Burrow, Journal of Roman Studies.
Table of Contents
PRELIMINARY; STORY AND ITS SUBJECT: ROME; HERO: AENEAS; SECONDARY HEROES: DIDO AND TURNUS; HIGHER POWERS: FATE AND THE GODS; PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE: CONTINUITY AND SYMMETRY; POETIC EXPRESSION: LANGUAGE AND SENSIBILITY; MAKING THE STORY: FUSION OF THE LEGEND OF AENEAS' COMING TO ITALY WITH MATTER FROM ILIAD AND ODYSSEY; MAKING AN EPISODE: FUSION OF INHERITED MATERIALS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 6TH BOOK; ECHOES OF HISTORY; RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT ASSOCIATIONS. CONCLUSION; APPENDICES
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CIN0198720246VG
9780198720249
0198720246
An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid by W. A. Camps
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1969-07-10
174
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