W. R. Johnson confronts the inherent (and much commented upon) melancholy of Vergil s poem, and gives us an interpretation as brilliant and as it is original. He questions accepted readings that emphasize Vergil s faith in empire. Instead, he points to Vergil s multiple allegories, his lyrical and enigmatic style, and the ways in which Vergil teaches us about darkness. Using close readings and comparisons to Homer, Johnson reveals how wise and moving the "Aeneid" can be. No poet, he writes, not Dante himself, has imagined ...
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W. R. Johnson confronts the inherent (and much commented upon) melancholy of Vergil s poem, and gives us an interpretation as brilliant and as it is original. He questions accepted readings that emphasize Vergil s faith in empire. Instead, he points to Vergil s multiple allegories, his lyrical and enigmatic style, and the ways in which Vergil teaches us about darkness. Using close readings and comparisons to Homer, Johnson reveals how wise and moving the "Aeneid" can be. No poet, he writes, not Dante himself, has imagined the disintegration of justice and truth with such precision and power, and for this reason no poet, not Homer himself, has shown how precious and how fragile are the formation and equilibrium of man s integrity of spirit. "
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Near Fine. 0520038487. Very minor shelfwear.; 179 pages; In examining the nature and the significance of Vergil's multiple allegories in the Aeneid, the author contrasts the poem's deliberately lyrical and enigmatic style and narrative technique with the clarity and realism of Homeric poetic, and he investigates the intellectual milieu in which Vergil shaped his poem, focusing on the great disintegration of classical humanism that Vergil's age portends.
