Virgil: The AeneidThis guide offers a complete account of the historical setting and significance of The Aeneid, and discusses Virgil's use of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as the most celebrated episodes in the poem, including the tragedy of Dido and Aeneas' visit to the underworld. The volume examines Virgil's psychological and philosophical insights, and analyzes the poem's status as the central classical work of European culture. The guide to further reading has been updated and will prove an invaluable resource. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-32329-0 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-31157-8 |
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Inhalt
Background | 1 |
2 Life of Virgil | 7 |
3 The Eclogues | 10 |
4 The Georgics | 15 |
5 Metrical unity and continuity | 19 |
Virgil and Homer | 23 |
7 The Aeneas Legend | 24 |
8 The Odyssean Aeneid | 26 |
15 The world of the dead | 71 |
16 Fatherfigures | 79 |
17 Juno | 83 |
18 War and heroism | 87 |
19 Fate and free will | 90 |
20 Conclusions | 94 |
The afterlife of the Aeneid | 97 |
22 Virgil and Dante | 98 |
9 The Iliadic Aeneld | 30 |
Reading the Aeneid | 34 |
11 The story | 36 |
12 Structure | 40 |
13 Expression and sensibility | 47 |
14 Narrative technique | 63 |
23 Virgil and renaissance epic | 100 |
24 Virgil and romanticism | 102 |
Principal characters of the poem | 104 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achilles Aeneas Aeneid alliteration Anchises ancient appears Augustus become beginning book XII called century characters continuity Dante dead death defeat describes destiny Dido discourse divine eclogue effect English epic episode Evander fall famous fate father fields fight figure final further future Georgics goddess gods golden age Greek hero heroic Homer human Iliad included Italian Italy journey Juno Jupiter killed king land later Latin Latium literary living mission moral move narrative Odyssey offers original Pallas passage pastoral peace perhaps phrase poem poem's poet poet's poetry presented promised prophecy reader reference Roman Rome says seen sense shows Sibyl souls speech story structure tells temple theme things tradition translation Trojan Troy Turnus underworld various Venus verse VIII Virgil whole written
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Virgil: The Aeneid Landmarks of World Literature |
| Autoren | K. W. Gransden, S. J. Harrison |
| Herausgeber | S. J. Harrison |
| Ausgabe | überarbeitet |
| Verlag | Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0521539803, 9780521539807 |
| Länge | 111 Seiten |
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