Virgil's Iliad: An Essay on Epic Narrative

by K.W. Gransden

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This is a book about Virgil's Aeneid, especially the second half of the poem, are explores in some detail Virgil's use of Homer's Iliad. The author's main purpose is to try to re-establish the value and importance of books VII-XII of the Aeneid, which he argues, far from constituting a falling off from the more familiar earlier books, Aeneid VII-XII presents a continuous epic narrative of sustained power, planned and executed on the largest scale...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521287561

ISBN13:9780521287562

Release Date:January 1985

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

History Language Arts Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Poetry

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