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M. C. J. PUTNAM, The Poetry of the Aeneid. Four Studies in Imaginative Unity and Design. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 1965. XVIII, 238 p. Pr. D. 5.25

M. C. J. PUTNAM, The Poetry of the Aeneid. Four Studies in Imaginative Unity and Design.... 350 DE NOVIS LIBRIS IUDICIA M. C. J. PUTNAM, The Poetry of the Aeneid. Four Studies in Imaginative Unity and Design. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 1965. XVIII, 238 p. Pr. D. 5.25. Another book on Vergil's poetry! The author is full of praise for his predecessors in this field, e.g. Heinze, Cartault, Prescott, Poschl (he could not yet know Brooks Otis' Virgil. A Study in Civilized Poetyy) and their search for originality in Vergil, but he thinks that not enough has been done for the study of Vergil's language, his metaphors and esp. the poetic devices he used in each book. P. has chosen one third of the epic, books II, V, VIII and XII, for analysing and showing that the use of the poetic language, imagistic strands, metaphors, etc. links each of them with nearly every other segment of the poem. So he says (p. XI) : "My goal in examining such relationships is to offer further proof of the brilliance of Virgil's mind at work, weaving a texture which unifies not only single books but the total epic as well. To propose that in this imaginative integrity lies perhaps his greatest achieve- ment is my chief http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

M. C. J. PUTNAM, The Poetry of the Aeneid. Four Studies in Imaginative Unity and Design. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 1965. XVIII, 238 p. Pr. D. 5.25

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Mnemosyne , Volume 20 (3): 2 – Jan 1, 1967
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350 DE NOVIS LIBRIS IUDICIA M. C. J. PUTNAM, The Poetry of the Aeneid. Four Studies in Imaginative Unity and Design. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 1965. XVIII, 238 p. Pr. D. 5.25. Another book on Vergil's poetry! The author is full of praise for his predecessors in this field, e.g. Heinze, Cartault, Prescott, Poschl (he could not yet know Brooks Otis' Virgil. A Study in Civilized Poetyy) and their search for originality in Vergil, but he thinks that not enough has been done for the study of Vergil's language, his metaphors and esp. the poetic devices he used in each book. P. has chosen one third of the epic, books II, V, VIII and XII, for analysing and showing that the use of the poetic language, imagistic strands, metaphors, etc. links each of them with nearly every other segment of the poem. So he says (p. XI) : "My goal in examining such relationships is to offer further proof of the brilliance of Virgil's mind at work, weaving a texture which unifies not only single books but the total epic as well. To propose that in this imaginative integrity lies perhaps his greatest achieve- ment is my chief

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