Darkness visible :: a study of Vergil's Aeneid /
One of the best books ever written on one of humanity's greatest epics, W.R. Johnson's classic study of Vergil's Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead...
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| Summary: | One of the best books ever written on one of humanity's greatest epics, W.R. Johnson's classic study of Vergil's Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead foregrounds Vergil's enigmatic style and questioning of the heroic myths. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, Johnson offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as he focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in Vergil's poem. A timeless work of scholarship, Darkness Visible will enthrall classicists as well as students and scholars of the history of criticism-specifically the way in which politics influence modern readings of the classics-and of poetry and literature. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| contents | Preface -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- I. Eliot's Myth and Vergil's Fictions -- II. Lessing, Auerbach, Gombrich: The Norm of Reality and the Spectrum of Decorum -- III. Varia Confusus Imagine Rerum: Depths and Surfaces -- 1. The Opening of Book 12 -- 2. Dissolving Pathos -- 3. Blurred Images -- 4. Aeneas and the Monuments -- 5. The End of Book 12 -- IV. The Worlds Vergil Lived In -- 1. Quod Credas: The Social Order -- 2. Quo Tendas: The Metaphysical Order -- 3. Quod Agas: The Moral Order -- Notes. |
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| spelling | Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhhvv6PTGFbkyv8Hx3qQq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50039245 Darkness visible : a study of Vergil's Aeneid / W.R. Johnson. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015. ©1976 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Preface -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- I. Eliot's Myth and Vergil's Fictions -- II. Lessing, Auerbach, Gombrich: The Norm of Reality and the Spectrum of Decorum -- III. Varia Confusus Imagine Rerum: Depths and Surfaces -- 1. The Opening of Book 12 -- 2. Dissolving Pathos -- 3. Blurred Images -- 4. Aeneas and the Monuments -- 5. The End of Book 12 -- IV. The Worlds Vergil Lived In -- 1. Quod Credas: The Social Order -- 2. Quo Tendas: The Metaphysical Order -- 3. Quod Agas: The Moral Order -- Notes. One of the best books ever written on one of humanity's greatest epics, W.R. Johnson's classic study of Vergil's Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead foregrounds Vergil's enigmatic style and questioning of the heroic myths. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, Johnson offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as he focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in Vergil's poem. A timeless work of scholarship, Darkness Visible will enthrall classicists as well as students and scholars of the history of criticism-specifically the way in which politics influence modern readings of the classics-and of poetry and literature. Virgil. Aeneis. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81013510 Aeneas (Legendary character) In literature. Aeneas In literature. cct Aeneas (Legendary character) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvhrTc3RBCJTdmJHX8t8C Aeneis (Virgil) fast Epic poetry, Latin History and criticism. Rome In literature. Poésie épique latine Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Epic poetry, Latin History and criticism. cct Rome In literature. cct Epic poetry, Latin fast Literature fast Rome (Empire) fast aeneid, vergil, virgil, rome, mythology, history, literature, prehistory, heroism, aeneas, aeneis, epic poetry, allegory, apollonius, homer, classicism, language, prosody, narrative, distancing, interiority, tragedy, empire, literary criticism, nonfiction, nachleben, fall, decline, dissolution, politics, hero, sacrifice, war, destruction, violence, gods, classics, ancient world, greece. Electronic books. poetry. aat Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Literary criticism. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2017026126 Poetry. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481 Critiques littéraires. rvmgf Poésie. rvmgf Print version: 9780226252230 022625223X (DLC) 2014041842 |
| spellingShingle | Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933- Darkness visible : a study of Vergil's Aeneid / Preface -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- I. Eliot's Myth and Vergil's Fictions -- II. Lessing, Auerbach, Gombrich: The Norm of Reality and the Spectrum of Decorum -- III. Varia Confusus Imagine Rerum: Depths and Surfaces -- 1. The Opening of Book 12 -- 2. Dissolving Pathos -- 3. Blurred Images -- 4. Aeneas and the Monuments -- 5. The End of Book 12 -- IV. The Worlds Vergil Lived In -- 1. Quod Credas: The Social Order -- 2. Quo Tendas: The Metaphysical Order -- 3. Quod Agas: The Moral Order -- Notes. Virgil. Aeneis. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81013510 Aeneas (Legendary character) In literature. Aeneas In literature. cct Aeneas (Legendary character) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvhrTc3RBCJTdmJHX8t8C Aeneis (Virgil) fast Epic poetry, Latin History and criticism. Poésie épique latine Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Epic poetry, Latin History and criticism. cct Epic poetry, Latin fast Literature fast |
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| title_auth | Darkness visible : a study of Vergil's Aeneid / |
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| title_full | Darkness visible : a study of Vergil's Aeneid / W.R. Johnson. |
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