
The Aeneid of Virgil
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Elizabeth Vandiver
The Aeneid is the great national epic of ancient Rome, and one of the most important works of literature ever written. And with Professor Vandiver's twelve instructive lectures, you'll enter fully into the gripping tale that Virgil tells. Join Aeneas on his long journey west from ruined Troy to the founding of a new nation in Italy, and see how he weaves a rich network of compelling human themes. Your encounter with the Aeneid focuses on careful, detailed examinations of the epic's background, main themes, and significant episodes. You'll get a helpful introduction to Virgil's Latin epic and the mythic and literary background with which Virgil was working (including an insightful summary of the legends of the Trojan War and of Romulus and Remus). From there, you'll dive into the poem itself with lectures that, in their clarity, economy, and enthusiasm, you're sure to find illuminating and thoroughly engaging.
Throughout it all, the figure of Aeneas is never far from center stage- as fighter and lover, father and son, refugee and ruler, wanderer and founder, spellbinding storyteller, and sword-wielding man of action.
Whether you read the narrative of his adventures as a paean to the glories of Rome or a cautionary tale about the human costs of empire, by the end of these lectures you'll come to understand precisely why Tennyson called Virgil a lord of language, and lauded his special gift for golden phrase.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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Not the book
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Prof. Vandiver clearly has a problem - she must have been told by Great Course (similar to first students) there was no reason to believe people taking the course would (or had) read the book. A great deal of the course is therefore a summary of the event in the book. You could pretty much skip most of the book and understand what going on. Which is a shame because clearly when she REALLY talking as a professor the course she is basing this on is a comparison of Homer and Virgil. The course that she pull from sounds interesting and in gauging but you don't get much.
More of Coel's Notes then a Course
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If you have to read the Aeneid this will help tremendously!
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Absolutely outstanding
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Compact, well-organized
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Elizabeth Vandiver is Unbeatable
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Definitely a Winner
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The lectures on The Aeneid of Virgil
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