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Works of Virgil: What Critics Have Said About The Aeneid

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Virgil

Virgil
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
What Critics Have Said About The Aeneid

Critics have been discussing the Aeneid ever since the days of Virgil
himself. It is impossible to include here everything that has been said.
Perhaps of greater interest to the modern student is the change in
understanding and appreciation of the poet's great work, the Aeneid, which has
taken place in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In general it can be
said that the nineteenth century approach (including the first twenty years or
so of the twentieth century also) was one of either condemning Virgil for
being ...

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