{"product_id":"virgils-aeneid-michael-c-j-putnam-9780807844991","title":"Virgil's Aeneid: Interpretation and Influence","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of twelve of his essays, distinguished Virgil scholar Michael Putnam examines the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e from several different interpretive angles. He identifies the themes that permeate the epic, provides detailed interpretations of its individual books, and analyzes the poem's influence on later writers, including Ovid, Lucan, Seneca, and Dante. In addition, a major essay on wrathful Aeneas and the tactics of \u003ci\u003ePietas\u003c\/i\u003e is published here for the first time. Putnam first surveys the intellectual development that shaped Virgil's poetry. He then examines several of the poem's recurrent dichotomies and metaphors, including idealism and realism, the line and the circle, and piety and fury. In succeeding chapters, he examines in detail the meaning of particular books of the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e and argues that a close reading of the end of the epic is crucial for understanding the poem as a whole and Virgil's goals in composing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael C. J. Putnam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807844993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807844991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.16w x 0.95d","brand":"Michael C. J. Putnam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153118146815,"sku":"9780807844991","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f5681b4-3d06-4982-b157-517483a68858.jpg?v=1770781409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virgils-aeneid-michael-c-j-putnam-9780807844991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}