The Aeneid (Wadsworth Collection) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Aeneid Hailed by T.S. Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe', Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 05 December 1999
- Format: Paperback 416 pages
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- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9781853262630 ISBN 10: 1853262633
- Sales rank: 10,673
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Full description for The Aeneid
The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas, and in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader and the Italian hero, Turnus. Hailed by T.S. Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe', Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years.
