{"product_id":"virgils-aeneid-interpretation-and-influence","title":"Virgil's Aeneid: Interpretation and Influence","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of twelve of his essays  distinguished Virgil scholar Michael Putnam examines the Aeneid from several different interpretive angles. He identifies the themes that permeate the epic  provides detailed interpretations of its individual books  and analyzes the poems influence on later writers  including Ovid  Lucan  Seneca  and Dante. In addition  a major essay on wrathful Aeneas and the tactics of Pietas is published here for the first time. Putnam first surveys the intellectual development that shaped Virgils poetry. He then examines several of the poems 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 Aeneid and argues that a close reading of the end of the epic is crucial for understanding the poem as a whole and Virgils goals in composing it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984524144693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807844993","price":31.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807844991.jpg?v=1770836040","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/virgils-aeneid-interpretation-and-influence","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}