The complete works of Voltaire, Volume 3, Part 2Institut et Musée Voltaire, 1968 - French literature |
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Page 196
... Virgil's life , introducing an interesting link between art and the social - historical circumstances surrounding its creation . 159 Describing the details of Virgil's early life enabled Voltaire to raise by implication the problems of ...
... Virgil's life , introducing an interesting link between art and the social - historical circumstances surrounding its creation . 159 Describing the details of Virgil's early life enabled Voltaire to raise by implication the problems of ...
Page 197
... Virgil's originality as a poet . Comparisons between Homer and Virgil are almost always to the latter's advantage . Voltaire stressed the uniqueness of Virgil's genius ; his work is ' the Delight of all Ages , and the Pattern of all ...
... Virgil's originality as a poet . Comparisons between Homer and Virgil are almost always to the latter's advantage . Voltaire stressed the uniqueness of Virgil's genius ; his work is ' the Delight of all Ages , and the Pattern of all ...
Page 306
... Virgil's use of Homeric gods ( 11 May 1722 ; D105 ) . On the general point about Virgil's debt to Homer , Voltaire later defended Virgil strongly against the comments made by Lefranc de Pompignan in his translation of the Georgics ...
... Virgil's use of Homeric gods ( 11 May 1722 ; D105 ) . On the general point about Virgil's debt to Homer , Voltaire later defended Virgil strongly against the comments made by Lefranc de Pompignan in his translation of the Georgics ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Critical edition by Richard Waller | 9 |
AN ESSAY ON THE CIVIL WARS OF FRANCE | 42 |
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