Darkness visible : a study of Vergil's Aeneid /

One of the best books ever written on one of humanity's greatest epics, W.R. Johnson's classic study of Vergil's Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Aeneas > (Legendary character) > In literature.
Aeneas > In literature.
Aeneas > (Legendary character)
Aeneis (Virgil)
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Literature.
Rome > In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations Used in Notes
  • I. Eliot's Myth and Vergil's Fictions
  • II. Lessing, Auerbach, Gombrich: The Norm of Reality and the Spectrum of Decorum
  • III. Varia Confusus Imagine Rerum: Depths and Surfaces
  • 1. The Opening of Book 12
  • 2. Dissolving Pathos
  • 3. Blurred Images
  • 4. Aeneas and the Monuments
  • 5. The End of Book 12
  • IV. The Worlds Vergil Lived In
  • 1. Quod Credas: The Social Order
  • 2. Quo Tendas: The Metaphysical Order
  • 3. Quod Agas: The Moral Order
  • Notes.

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