Precis for "Modern receptions and their interpretive implications"

          Duncan F. Kennedy, in his article, "Modern receptions and their interpretive implications" focuses on interpreting T.S. Eliot's, "What is a Classic", and "Virgil and the Christian world" to relate to Virgil's epic, the Aeneid. He uses a lot of information from other Virgilian epic critics to demonstrate how Virgil can be interpreted in the modern world, taking great care that he does not repeat something that has been done before. Although he focuses on Virgil according to Eliot's work most of the time, in the end, he makes the point that you cannot define any type of work by its interpretation, because without the known intention of the work, nothing can be fully concluded. With this article, Kennedy intends for the audience to be readers of Virgil's works who are looking to find out how they are interpreted in the modern world; however, it is also relevant to readers of T.S. Eliot's writing as well.
          This article was not particularly convincing. I found this one a little bit of a difficult read to understand, and also just to get through. He used a LOT of citations from other Virgil critics, and I just didn't really see the point in what he was writing, especially because he talked about Eliot's writing the whole time. There was not too much evidence directly from the Aeneid, and I think that and that misleading title bothered me a little bit.