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Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's "Aeneid"
W. R. Johnson
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Description for Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's "Aeneid"
Paperback. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, this book offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as it focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in Vergil's poem. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
One of the best books ever written on one of humanity's greatest epics, W. Ralph Johnson's study of Vergil's Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead foregrounds Vergil's enigmatic style and questioning of the myths. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, Johnson offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as he focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in ... Read more
One of the best books ever written on one of humanity's greatest epics, W. Ralph Johnson's study of Vergil's Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead foregrounds Vergil's enigmatic style and questioning of the myths. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, Johnson offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as he focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226252230
SKU
V9780226252230
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About W. R. Johnson
W. R. Johnson is the John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's "Aeneid"
"Johnson's reinterpretation challenges many strong and common beliefs, not only about the Aeneid but about life itself." (William M. Porter, Arion)