Description
Vergil's Aeneid has been considered a classic, if not the classic, of Western literature for two thousand years. In recent decades this famous poem has become the subject of fresh and searching controversy. What is the poem's fundamental meaning? Does it endorse or undermine values of empire and patriarchy? Is its world view comic or tragic? Many studies of the poem have focused primarily on selected books. The approach here is comprehensive.
An introduction by editor Christine Perkell discusses the poem's historical background, its reception from antiquity to the present, and its most important themes. The book-by-book readings that follow both explicate the text and offer a variety of interpretations.
Author: Christine Perkell
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 02/10/2017
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.05w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9780806131399
ISBN10: 080613139X
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry