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Virgil's Aeneid A Critical Description

Quinn Kenneth
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781904675525
Publisert
2006-05-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Bristol Phoenix Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Quinn Kenneth

Om bidragsyterne

Kenneth Quinn was a fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and later became Professor of Classics in the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of The Catullan Revolution (1959; repr. BCP, 1999), Latin Explorations (Routledge, 1963) and standard editions of Catullus’ Poems (1970) and of Horace: Odes (1980).

Virgil's Aeneid A Critical Description

Quinn Kenneth
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
Quinn Kenneth
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
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The aim of this important and still valuable book – first published in 1968 but never before available in paperback – is, quite simply, to help all who approach Virgil’s Aeneid seriously, whether in the original Latin or in English translation, to read it with discernment and appreciation. It offers itself as neither a handbook nor a commentary, but as a critical description of the poem’s structure and aspects of its composition. It begins with a preliminary exploration of the poem’s central purpose; a careful reconstruction of its literary and historical context (following the battle of Actium in 31 BC which made Augustus Caesar master of the Roman world); and a description of the main outlines of its structure. At the book’s core is a detailed analysis of each of the epic’s twelve books, with particular emphasis on the later, less often read ones; and this is followed by two further chapters, one dealing with Virgil’s use of form and some related theoretical problems, the other with a closer examination of the poem’s verbal fabric.
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The aim of this important and still valuable book – first published in 1968 but never before available in paperback – is, quite simply, to help all who approach Virgil’s Aeneid seriously, whether in the original Latin or in English translation, to read it with discernment and appreciation.
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Chapter 1: The Heroic ImpulseChapter 2: Genesis -I. What is the Aeneid about?II. The Task and its Problems III. The Problems SolvedChapter 3: Structure -I. General DescriptionII. Structure of the Twelve BooksIII. The EpisodesIV. Projection of the Narrator into his NarrativeV. Parallel and Suspended NarrativeVI. Tempo of the Narrative: TensesChapter 4: The Twelve BooksChapter 5: Form and Technique - Part 1: FormI. Not only HomerII. Difference in attitude between Virgil and HomerIII. The Exploitation of FormIV. Impure PoetryPart 2: TechniqueI. GodsII. Characterization and MotivationIII. Parallel Divine and Psychological MotivationIV. FatePart 3: The Contribution of TragedyI. Tragic AttitudeII. Tragic SuspenseIII. Tragic Irony and InsightIV. Implicit CommentChapter 6: Style -I. Words AloneII. Words in Action (i) The Tradition: (a) Ennius and the Old Poets(b) Catullus and the New Poets(c) A Common Style (ii) Innovation - callida iunctura. (a) Latent Metaphor; (b) Archaism brought about by Context; (c) Etymological Puns (iii) Ambiguity (iv) Syntactical Ambiguity III. The Virgilian Sentence (i) Metre; (ii) Theme and Variation (iii) Subordinate Clauses (iv) Imagery
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The aim of this important and still valuable book – first published in 1968 but never before available in paperback – is, quite simply, to help all who approach Virgil’s Aeneid seriously, whether in the original Latin or in English translation, to read it with discernment and appreciation. It offers itself as neither a handbook nor a commentary, but as a critical description of the poem’s structure and aspects of its composition. It begins with a preliminary exploration of the poem’s central purpose; a careful reconstruction of its literary and historical context (following the battle of Actium in 31 BC which made Augustus Caesar master of the Roman world); and a description of the main outlines of its structure. At the book’s core is a detailed analysis of each of the epic’s twelve books, with particular emphasis on the later, less often read ones; and this is followed by two further chapters, one dealing with Virgil’s use of form and some related theoretical problems, the other with a closer examination of the poem’s verbal fabric.
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The aim of this important and still valuable book – first published in 1968 but never before available in paperback – is, quite simply, to help all who approach Virgil’s Aeneid seriously, whether in the original Latin or in English translation, to read it with discernment and appreciation.
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Chapter 1: The Heroic ImpulseChapter 2: Genesis -I. What is the Aeneid about?II. The Task and its Problems III. The Problems SolvedChapter 3: Structure -I. General DescriptionII. Structure of the Twelve BooksIII. The EpisodesIV. Projection of the Narrator into his NarrativeV. Parallel and Suspended NarrativeVI. Tempo of the Narrative: TensesChapter 4: The Twelve BooksChapter 5: Form and Technique - Part 1: FormI. Not only HomerII. Difference in attitude between Virgil and HomerIII. The Exploitation of FormIV. Impure PoetryPart 2: TechniqueI. GodsII. Characterization and MotivationIII. Parallel Divine and Psychological MotivationIV. FatePart 3: The Contribution of TragedyI. Tragic AttitudeII. Tragic SuspenseIII. Tragic Irony and InsightIV. Implicit CommentChapter 6: Style -I. Words AloneII. Words in Action (i) The Tradition: (a) Ennius and the Old Poets(b) Catullus and the New Poets(c) A Common Style (ii) Innovation - callida iunctura. (a) Latent Metaphor; (b) Archaism brought about by Context; (c) Etymological Puns (iii) Ambiguity (iv) Syntactical Ambiguity III. The Virgilian Sentence (i) Metre; (ii) Theme and Variation (iii) Subordinate Clauses (iv) Imagery
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781904675525
Publisert
2006-05-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Bristol Phoenix Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Quinn Kenneth

Om bidragsyterne

Kenneth Quinn was a fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and later became Professor of Classics in the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of The Catullan Revolution (1959; repr. BCP, 1999), Latin Explorations (Routledge, 1963) and standard editions of Catullus’ Poems (1970) and of Horace: Odes (1980).

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