| The Colors of the «Aeneid» Contributor(s): Edgeworth, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820416185 ISBN-13: 9780820416182 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Latin |
| Dewey: 873.01 |
| LCCN: 91031437 |
| Series: Iberica |
| Physical Information: 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In composing his masterpiece, the "Aeneid," Vergil used colors as none of his predecessors had done. In place of the largely formulaic and functional employment of color, Vergil wove a complex network of chromatic allusions, linking episode to episode, developing a set of color themes or -chords- which strongly influence the reader's response to key passages in the epic. This study further argues that Vergil anticipated a favorite device of modern film makers by -shooting- certain sections of the poem in color and others in black and white. Long appreciated for its intellectual and ethical dimensions, the "Aeneid" must also be seen as a masterful appeal to the senses." |
