Title: The American Aeneas
Subtitle: classical origins of the American self
Description: "In The American Aeneas, John C. Shields exposes a significant cultural blindness within American consciousness. Noting that the biblical myth of Adam has long dominated ideas of what it means to be American, Shields argues that an equally important component of our nation's cultural identity - a secular one deriving from the classical tradition - has been seriously neglected."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: National characteristics, American, in literature, American literature, History and criticism, Influence, Roman influences, Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature, Civilization, American National characteristics, Classicism, Literatur, Literature, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Aeneis (Virgil), Rezeption, In literature, Nationalbewusstsein, Colonial period, American literature, history and criticism, National characteristics, american, United states, civilization, foreign influences
Places: United States
People: Virgil
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 19th century