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

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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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 responded to cues in the text that call into question what the poem appears to be supporting. This book focuses on the literary works written by these readers, to show howthey used the Aeneid as a model for poems that probed and challenged the dominant values of their society, just as Virgil had done ce.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191526428
0191526428
9780199212361
0199212368