The mention of Haecker's book (which I haven't read either) is a good
reminder that our grandfathers' books are still useful, even if our parents
don't read them anymore. Or to put it another way, good books become
obsolete (if at all) piece by piece, not all at once.
What are some good books
smithsb typed
Isn't this just the tired old T. S. Eliot/Warde Fowler school of the
Judeo-Christian Aeneas?
It's much older than that. Augustine read from the Aenied every morning and
The City of God shares the same Providential look at Rome as Haecker does.
I am aware that this is not a
D W-O scripsit:
What are some good books (or good chapters) on Virgil that people don't
read anymore but that you think are still useful? Earlier this week, I was
reading Jackson Knight's Roman Vergil (1944) and learned a great deal from
the chapter on meter and style.
That's easy!
Knapp
