The primacy of vision in Virgil's Aeneid
By: Riggs Alden Smith.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Virgil.; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature.; Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Visual perception in literature.; Art and literature -- Rome.; Visions in literature.; Vision in literature.; Rome -- In literature.
Description: "The essays in this book, derived from papers presented at the First International Symposium on Philodemus, Vergil, and the Augustans, held in 2000, offer a new baseline for understanding the effect of Philodemus and Epicureanism on both the thought and the poetic practices of Vergil, Horace, and other Augustan writers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prophaenomena ad Vergilium; title: Ruse and revelation : visions of the divine and the telos of narrative; title: Vision past and future; title: Hic amor : love, vision, and destiny; title: Vision's victory and the telos of narrative; title: Conclusion.