Virgil's Iliad. An Essay on Epic Narrative.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - �For the modern reader�, writes Mr Gransden in his introduction, �to try to make sense of the Aeneid without continual recourse to Homer is like trying to read a code whose secret is lost.� This is a book about Virgil�s Aeneid and especially the second half of the poem, which explores in some detail Virgil�s use of Homer�s Iliad. The author�s main purpose is to try to re-establish the value and importance of books vii-xn of the Aeneid, arguing that far from constituting a falling off from the more familiar earlier books, Aeneid vn-xii presents a continuous epic narrative of sustained power and grandeur, planned and executed on the largest scale and offering a structural unity which matches that of its great model. His secondary purpose is to try to give the modern reader an impression of what Homer�s Iliad meant to the implied reader of the Aeneid and to Virgil himself. Throughout, Mr Gransden places emphasis on the text as a piece of continuous narrative, finding that the experience of reading VII-XII modifies the reader�s sense of books I-VI.-- This book will interest all those who enjoy Virgil, whether they are studying Latin or reading the poet in translation. A knowledge of Latin is not essential and those concerned with the techniques of narrative in epic and other fiction will also find the book of value. ISBN 9780521287562