The Other Virgil : Pessimistic Readings of the Aeneid in Early Modern Culture.

The Other Virgil tells the story of how a classic like the Aeneid can say different things to different people. As a school text it was generally taught to support the values and ideals of a succession of postclassical societies, but between 1500 and 1800 a number of unusually sensitive readers resp...

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Main Author:	Kallendorf, Craig
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2007.
Series:	Classical presences.
Subjects:	Virgil. > Aeneid. Aeneas > (Legendary character) Aeneis (Virgil) Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature. Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique. Ancient & Classical. LITERARY CRITICISM. Semiotics & Theory. Renaissance. Epic poetry, Latin Literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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