| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Virgilian achievement -- Possessiveness, sexuality, and heroism in the Aeneid -- The third book of the Aeneid: from Homer to Rome -- Daedalus, Virgil, and the end of art -- Aeneid 7 and the Aeneid -- Umbro, Nireus, and love's Threnody -- Pius Aeneas and the metamorphosis of Lausus -- The hesitation of Aeneas -- Anger, blindness, and insight in Virgil's Aeneid -- Wrathful Aeneas and the tactics of Pietas in Virgil, Ovid, and Lucan -- Virgil's tragic future: Senecan drama and the Aeneid -- Virgil's inferno. |
| Subject |
Virgil. Aeneis.
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Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature.
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Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern -- Roman influences.
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Rome -- In literature.
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Virgil -- Influence.
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| Collection |
Transmissions and Transformations of the Ancient World
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| ISBN |
0807821918 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0807844993 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Description |
332 p. ; 24 cm. |
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