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Virgil: The Aeneid (Landmarks of World Literature) Book

This guide gives a full 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 explains the poem's status as the central classic of European culture. The guide to further reading has been updated and will prove an invaluable resource to students coming to Virgil's epic for the first time.Read More

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  • Product Description

    This book focuses on the Aeneid as a landmark of literary narrative and poetic sensibility. It gives a full account of the historical setting and significance of Virgil's epic, and discusses the poet's use of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as the most celebrated episodes in the poem, the tragedy of Dido and the hero's visit to the underworld. Dr Gransden examines Virgil's psychological and philosophical insights, and re-establishes the poem's status as the central classic of European culture. The final chapter considers the Aeneid's influence on later artists, including Dante and the Romantics, and there is a guide to further reading.

  • 0521323290
  • 9780521323291
  • K. W. Gransden
  • 31 May 1990
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 126
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