The other Virgil 'pessimistic' readings of the Aeneid in early modern culture
The story of how the Aeneid has been approached by various postclassical authors - including Shakespeare and Milton - not as an endorsement of the ideals of their societies, but as a model for poems that probed and challenged dominant values, just as Virgil himself had done centuries before
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007, 2007
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Series: | Classical presences / Classical presences
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | The story of how the Aeneid has been approached by various postclassical authors - including Shakespeare and Milton - not as an endorsement of the ideals of their societies, but as a model for poems that probed and challenged dominant values, just as Virgil himself had done centuries before |
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Physical Description: | xiii, 252 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780191707285 |