ldquo;I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores.rdquo; The resonant opening lines of Virgilrsquo;s Aeneid rank among the most famous and consistently recited verses to have been passed down to later ages by antiquity. And after the Odyssey and the Iliad; Virgilrsquo;s masterpiece is arguably the greatest classical text in the whole of Western literature. This sinuous and richly characterised epic vitally influenced the poetry of Dante; Petrarch and Milton. The doomed love of Dido and Aeneas inspired Purcell; while for T S Eliot Virgilrsquo;s poem was lsquo;the classic of all Europersquo;. The poetrsquo;s stirring tale of a refugee Trojan prince; lsquo;torn from Libyan wavesrsquo; to found a new homeland in Italy; has provided much fertile material for writings on colonialism and for discourses of ethnic and national identity. The Aeneid has even been viewed as a template and a source of philosophical justification for British and American imperialism and adventurism. In his major new book Philip Hardie explores the many remarkable afterlives - ancient; medieval and modern - of the Aeneid in literature; music; politics; the visual arts and film.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good TextbookBy R. PorterA good comprehensive textbook on interior design. I got this as a textbook for a class; and it was a good read. I liked the stories from real designers. Not something I would choose to read on my own; however.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Design Thinking For InteriorsBy norm GI enjoyed the book throughout. I especially thought that taking into considerations of a residentls age; life expectancy; and past experiences added much to the ambience one would enjoy should they occupy the space. This was a novel approach to design. The graphics throughout the book were quite appropriate and yet artfully done. The novel approach that the author takes to make the surroundingspleasant exhibit a breath of fresh air to design.
