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Talk by W. F. Jackson Knight
The speaker is author of Roman Vergil and Reader in Classical Literature, University College of the South-West, Exeter. In this talk he considers what Vergil was attempting—consciously or unconsciously— to achieve in the composition of his epic, and comments on the subtle poetic technique that Vergil gradually evolved.
(The recorded broadcast of September 12)
Second of a group of talks
Next talk: October 11

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