Virgil's Epic Designs
Ekphrasis in the Aeneid
by Michael C. J. Putnam
257 pages· 1998· ISBN 9780300073539
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A study of ekphrasis - a self-contained aside that generates a pause in the narrative to describe a work of art or other object - in Virgil's final masterpiece, the Aeneid. The author shows how the descriptions provide metaphors for the entire poem and reinforce its ambiguities.
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