Sunday, December 16, 2012

Precis for "Virgils, from Dante to Milton"

          Colin Burrow, in his article "Virgils, from Dante to Milton" states that Virgil's ideas and words are embedded in some of the greatest literary works of all time. He says that over time, many of Virgil's ideas have been read the same way and used for it as well. Burrow explicitly states Dante and Milton as two authors who really took Virgil's work and expanded it to make it their own. He looks to target mainly an audience who has read either Virgil's works (specifically the Aeneid), Dante's works, or Milton's works (specifically Paradise Lost), because this is the group of people that would get the most out of this article.
          I thought this article, although interesting, was very dense. I had a really hard time getting through it and understanding it to the fullest. It makes me want to read both Dante and Milton's writing, because I feel like I could get so much more out of them after reading both the Aeneid and Burrow's article. This was a rough article to end my Virgil précis assignment with, especially because it did not really pertain to what I'm researching in the epic; however, it did open up new doors and introduce me to new texts that I might like after enjoying the Aeneid.

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