Virgil, a study in civilized poetry.

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In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors. Virgil molded the ancient epic tradition to his own Roman contemporary aims and succeeded in making mythical and legendary figures meaningful to a sophisticated, unmythical age. Otis begins and ends his study with the Aeneid and includes chapters on the Bucolics and the Georgics. A new foreword by Ward W. Briggs, Jr., places Otis's groundbreaking achievement in the context of past and present Virgilian scholarship.

subjects: Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature,  Agriculture in literature,  Civilization,  Criticism and interpretation,  Didactic poetry, Latin,  Epic poetry, Latin,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Latin Didactic poetry,  Latin Epic poetry,  Latin Pastoral poetry,  Latin poetry,  Pastoral poetry, Latin,  Rome,  Critique et interprétation,  Enée (mythologie grecque) dans la littérature,  Épopées latines,  Studies,  Poésie pastorale latine,  Literature,  Histoire et critique,  Poésie didactique antique,  Latin poetry, history and criticism,  Virgil,  Rome, in literature,  Rome, civilization

People: Virgil

Places: Rome