Classical Epic TraditionThe literary epic and critical theories about the epic tradition are traced from Aristotle and Callimachus through Apollonius, Virgil, and their successors such as Chaucer and Milton to Eisenstein, Tolstoy, and Thomas Mann. Newman's revisionist critique will challenge all scholars, students, and general readers of the classics, comparative literature, and western literary traditions. |
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... Virgil a telling phrase ) . There will be just enough sin left in the world to enable the young prince to prove his mettle . After that , peace , and idyllic rest from toil . If he lives long enough , and has enough inspiration , Virgil ...
... Virgil a telling phrase ) . There will be just enough sin left in the world to enable the young prince to prove his mettle . After that , peace , and idyllic rest from toil . If he lives long enough , and has enough inspiration , Virgil ...
Page 247
... Virgil's novel type of bad style was neither bombastic nor jejune . In the literary criticism of the day , this ... Virgil had actually done . Mem- ories of the " three styles " persisted in treatises on rhetoric . Coinci- dentally ...
... Virgil's novel type of bad style was neither bombastic nor jejune . In the literary criticism of the day , this ... Virgil had actually done . Mem- ories of the " three styles " persisted in treatises on rhetoric . Coinci- dentally ...
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... VIRGIL , The Aeneid , ed . J. W. Mackail , Oxford 1930 . P. Vergili Maronis Opera , ed . R. A. B. Mynors , Oxford 1969 . Virgil . Aeneid I , ed . R. G. Austin , Oxford 1971 . Virgil . Aeneid II , ed . R. G. Austin , Oxford 1964 . Virgil ...
... VIRGIL , The Aeneid , ed . J. W. Mackail , Oxford 1930 . P. Vergili Maronis Opera , ed . R. A. B. Mynors , Oxford 1969 . Virgil . Aeneid I , ed . R. G. Austin , Oxford 1971 . Virgil . Aeneid II , ed . R. G. Austin , Oxford 1964 . Virgil ...
Contents
Aristotle Callimachus and the Ancient Critical | 37 |
Apollonius Rhodius | 73 |
Virgil | 104 |
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