Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739122426)

The book aims at providing a coherent guide to the entirety of Virgil's Aeneid, with analysis of every scene and, in some cases, every line of crucial passages. The book tries to provide a guide to the vast bibliography and scholarly apparatus that has grown around Virgil studies (especially over the past century), and to offer some critical study of what Virgil's purpose and intent may have been in crafting his response to Augustus' political ascendancy in Rome, Rome's history of near-constant civil strife, and the myths of Rome's origins and their conflicting Trojan, Greek, and native Italian origins.

Author: Lee Fratantuono 2.
ISBN-10: 0739122428
ISBN-13: 9780739122426
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.32w x 1.31d