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Poetry underpinning power : Vergil's Aeneid : the epic for Emperor Augustus : a recovery study / Hans-Peter Stahl.

Van Pelt Library PA6825 .S76 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stahl, Hans-Peter, author.
Series:
Roman culture in an age of civil war
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Virgil. Aeneis.
Virgil.
Virgil--Political and social views.
Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Politics and literature--Rome.
Politics and literature.
Aeneas (Legendary character)--In literature.
Aeneas.
Aeneis (Virgil).
Political and social views.
Physical Description:
xii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Swansea : The Classical Press of Wales, 2015.
Contents:
Part I Pious King Aeneas and His Ethically Flawed Opponents
1 Augustan Vergil and the Political Rival 1
2 The Death of King Turnus 33
3 Aeneas the Warrior 109
4 Winning the Reader's Assent through Subliminal Guidance 163
5 Allocating Guilt and Innocence, I: Queen Dido, the Liberated Widow 183
Part II Checks and Balances of a Literary Interpretation: Political Detours of Poetic Travel Routes
6 Before Founding Lavinium, Aeneas Inspects the Site of Rome 251
Part III Testing a Critical Method by Repeat Application: The Ancient Author Guides His Reader
7 Allocating Guilt and Innocence, II: Turnus the Jmpious Opponent 347
8 Epilogue 437.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-474) and indexes.
ISBN:
9781910589045
1910589047
OCLC:
907143442
Publisher Number:
99968012257

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