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Virgil's "Aeneid"
Michael C. J. Putnam
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Paperback. Virgil's Aeneid: Interpretation and Influence Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
In this collection of twelve of his essays, distinguished Virgil scholar Michael Putnam examines the Aeneid from several different interpretive angles. He identifies the themes that permeate the epic, provides detailed interpretations of its individual books, and analyzes the poem's influence on later writers, including Ovid, Lucan, Seneca, and Dante. In addition, a major essay on wrathful Aeneas and the tactics of Pietas is published here for the first time. Putnam first surveys the intellectual development that shaped Virgil's poetry. He then examines several of the poem's recurrent dichotomies and metaphors, including idealism and realism, the line and the circle, ... Read more
In this collection of twelve of his essays, distinguished Virgil scholar Michael Putnam examines the Aeneid from several different interpretive angles. He identifies the themes that permeate the epic, provides detailed interpretations of its individual books, and analyzes the poem's influence on later writers, including Ovid, Lucan, Seneca, and Dante. In addition, a major essay on wrathful Aeneas and the tactics of Pietas is published here for the first time. Putnam first surveys the intellectual development that shaped Virgil's poetry. He then examines several of the poem's recurrent dichotomies and metaphors, including idealism and realism, the line and the circle, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807844991
SKU
V9780807844991
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About Michael C. J. Putnam
Michael C. J. Putnam is MacMillan Professor of Classics at Brown University. His many books include The Poetry of the Aeneid and Virgil's Pastoral Art: Studies in the Eclogues.
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