Virgil and the Moderns

by Theodore Ziolkowski

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Virgil has permeated modern culture like no other icon of Western civilization. In the United States, for example, three of his phrases appear on the dollar bill, and his Aeneid was often cited as a model for the nation's westward expansion. Theodore Ziolkowski traces the impact of the Roman poet into the twentieth century, showing how the Aeneid , the Eclogues , and the Georgics supplied the patterns, images, values, and often the very words used...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691032483

ISBN13:9780691032481

Release Date:August 1993

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:300 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Ancient, Classical & Medieval Classics Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literature & Fiction Poetry

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