This is a book about Virgil??'s Aeneid, especially the second half
of the poem, are 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-XII of the
Aeneid, which he argues, far from constituting a falling off from
the more familiar earlier books, Aeneid VII-XII presents a
continuous epic narrative of sustained power, 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,
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.
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