Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid by James J. O'Hara

Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid

James J. O'Hara

220 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary poetry reflective medium-paced

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Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetor...

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